“That boat’ll take more than you will!” — Cap’n Jim Rumfelt
So begins the account of a storm-filled day on the Neuse River by Bland Simpson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and pianist for Tony Award-winning string band the Red Clay Ramblers. Simpson’s piece is featured in North Carolina Sea Grant’s 2024 Issue of their magazine Coastwatch.