ShareHowardsville Albemarle County, Virginia You know summer has officially begun when the annual Batteau Festival kicks off with authentic period boats heading down the James River. The 2011 festival kicked off on June 18th in Lynchburg and wraps up on June 25th at Maidens Landing. NCL Photographer, Hayley Osborne, caught up with the crews Tuesday [...]
ShareWingina Nelson County, Virginia As the sun headed down Monday evening, the Batteaux headed in at Wingina Landing. Folks participating in the 24th Annual James River Batteau Festival pulled in yesterday to rest before heading on to Howardsville today. We’ve been telling you about Captain Brian Roberts of Nelson County and his newly crafted boat, [...]
ShareHowardsville Albermarle County, Virginia Brian Roberts of Nelson County, Virginia is just about ready for this year’s James River Batteau Festival starting on June 20th. For months and months Brian has been working on his latest project, Rockfish Runner. It’s a brand new batteau that will float the James in this year’s festival. Batteau is [...]
