This year’s festival kicked-off with the Poquoson Seafood Festival Workboat Races on September 18, 2022 at Messick Point.
After two years, the races returned and remain one of the most prestigious Workboat Races in the Hampton Roads area. As always, the races were conducted on Poquoson’s Back River with Chesapeake Bay Dead Rise Boats and other working craft. Spectators and captains enjoyed this annual salute to the Working Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay.

 

Many thanks to our Workboat Race Sponsors for 2022
Shayer Auto Sales
Swords Marine Service LLC
Oyster Cove Boatworks & Yacht Brokerage
Sam Rust Seafood, Inc.
Brown’s Enterprises, LLC
L.D. Amory & Co.; B&C Seafood, Inc.; Danny’s Auto Glass & Mirror; Surf Rider Restaurant; Engle Construction, Inc.; Kathleen McKone Realtor; Diggs Diesel LLC; Earlybird’s Bottle Shop LLC;Quality Home Inspections; Brauer’s Mechanical, Inc.; Hudgins Horn Harbor Marina; Bill Forrest Seafood; Anna’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant; Poquoson Diner;Miss Mary Seafood; Bishop Fishing Supply;

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