The knees and washboards…

Along the port side of the Annie C, knees appear every 16 to 18 inches. The original knees were made of cedar taken from trees at limbs that formed the desired shape, then fitted to the side of the boat and attached with square-cut nails. The wash board is attached to the top to form a platform for the men to work. These parts were attached to provide protection from the water and strength to the hull, whose bottom was made from old-growth southern yellow pine logs.

Onancock, Virginia · United States