Cape Fear Museum has announced plans to auction off a 1958 Simmons sea skiff. The auction will be held 3 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Museum at 814 Market St.

In its day, the Simmons Sea Skiff was considered the pre-eminent recreational power boat of southeastern North Carolina, used for everything from ocean fishing to water skiing. Now, one of the ...

Simmons was famous for his Sea Skiff, usually 18 to 22 feet long. Moore, who had owned about a dozen Simmons boats, doubted the man knew what he was talking about. "He said he had a Simmons, told ...