People who love wooden boats held a bon voyage party Friday evening on the Sausalito waterfront for one of the rarest and largest wooden ships still afloat. They were celebrating the ...

At half the price and significantly less maintenance, Roger O'Neill's wooden boat-fiberglass hull hybrid creates a luxury cruiser with the perks of recycling. O'Neill Craft started as a hobby so that ...

Arguably there are no two names more closely related to Pilot Boat design and construction in the United States than ...

In 2017, Van Dam Custom Boats celebrated 40 years of craftsmanship. This family business was founded in Michigan by married couple Steve and Jean Van Dam. Trained as a wooden boat builder in the early ...

In the run-up to summer boating season, the crews at Irish Boat Shop are busy behind the scenes keeping wood boats primed to live on the waves forever. To understand the importance of a couple of ...

Neil MacKay is building his largest wooden boat in his 32 years of making them; like most lobster boats in P.E.I. waters, Catcher is 45 feet long, but is four feet wider than the typical 14 feet. The ...

Like classic cars, wooden boats have a style, craftsmanship and romance unique to their time period. Their aficionados say that's what makes them far-distant cousins to today's mass-produced boats ...

LOCKPORT — In the age of fiberglass hulls and outboard motors, of flashy paint and electronic depth-finders, remnants of Louisiana's wooden boat-building tradition remain showcased in a nearly century ...

Old salts talk of falling hopelessly in love with a classic wooden yacht, then watching $100 bills disappear down the maw of maintenance, one after another after another. Keeping a wooden sailboat in ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The Wooden Boat Festival will return to Port Townsend this weekend. The Northwest Maritime festival will run from Thursday to Sunday. Now in its 48th year, the festival is brimming ...