The Boats of Nelson Silva

Charlie Sneed's 18-footer. This is one of the first boats that Nelson built. Nelson's first

boats were built entirely of wood. The ones with the composite bottoms came later.

A high-sided twenty-footer.

Two low-sided 20-footers.

Two custom built, low-sided 20-footers.

An 18, and a high-sided 20.

These were on display at Simmons Day events at Cape Fear Museum, 1994 and 1996.

Two 18-footers. The one on the left was on display at the 2003 Simmons Expo.

A custom-built 20-footer.