Whether you’re a boating enthusiast or prefer to keep your feet on dry land, the Annual Wooden Boat Show has activities for all ages. This free event, held each year on the first Saturday in May, celebrates the art of North Carolina traditional wooden boatbuilding and the sport of boat racing. Dozens of handcrafted wooden

Sail Taylors Creek!  For more information, please contact the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum by calling 252-728-1638 or at info@maritimefriends.org.

Maritime Day 2020 is open to the public and will feature free boat rides, kite flying, games, a pirate encampment, music, and food trucks.  

June Fundraiser for the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort.  Party will be held in the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center and Harborside Park Deck on Front Street.  Keep checking in!  Exciting details to come.

Event begins at 8:30 am. The traditional skiff regatta is an annual event held by the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum. For more information, please contact the Friends by calling 252-728-1638 or at info@maritimefriends.org.

Event begins at 6:00 pm. Taste delicious crab cakes and slaw made by guest chefs and vote on your favorite at this fundraiser for the North Carolina Maritime Museum.  Space is limited.  Reservations in advance.  Tickets are for members only.  Tickets limited to 4 per member.  Tickets sales begin the first week in June.    

Each year during the Museum’s August traditional skiff sailing event, boaters race around the islands for the Shanghai Trophy. Originally, the Shanghai Trophy was awarded to a winner in the Comet class. The disappearance of Comets from the sound left the cup in limbo, but, after the resurgence of local recreational sailing activity in the

For more information, please contact the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum at 252-728-1638 or info@maritimefriends.org.  

The traditional boating meet makes a splash from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at the Museum’s Gallants Channel site. The site will open at noon and sailing will begin at 1 p.m.

Please contact Carteret County Chamber of Commerce for more information.

The Boatshop Bash is the Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum’s annual fall fundraising party for members & the public, held at the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center.

The Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla takes place on Saturday, December 7, 2019 featuring boats, yachts, oars, kayaks and commercial vessels decorated for the season.

Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum’s annual Membership Meeting for members and the public & Holiday Open House, held at the North Carolina Maritime Museum.