THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, May 25, 1996                TAG: 9605250701
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                            LENGTH:   15 lines

IT'S NO BOAT, AND THAT'S THE POINT

DREW WILSON/The Virginian-Pilot

R.F. ``Shag'' Little, 56, left, of Moyock, and Austin Weeks, 46, of

Rockyhock study their entry in the Anything But a Boat Race, to be

held Sunday at River Spree in Elizabeth City. Not sure about their

pickle-barrel-and-chicken-wire craft, Little offered this guarantee:

``We will be wearing life jackets.'' by CNB