The Rick Pratt School of Wooden Boat Building in Port Aransas continues the tradition of the fishing village’s iconic all-wood Farley Boats. “Anything nautical made out of wood we’ll help you build,” ...

Assistant Vince Gordon, of Bigfork, works with boat building student, Susan Timmons, of Kalispell, on her sailboat during a Montana Wooden Boat Foundation boat building class in Lakeside. (Mackenzie ...

Take a tour of a school that is preserving the craft of wooden boat building. The Les Cheneaux Islands are a chain of 36 protected islands along the Northern shore of Lake Huron in Michigan’s Upper ...

SOUTHPORT, NC (WECT) - There is no shortage of boats in the yacht basin at Southport, but a closer look at some of the vessels tells the story about the early days of fishing in the Brunswick County ...

Catch the rich glow of varnished mahogany in the morning sunlight, notice the sleek, simple lines, and – if you score an invitation – step into a wooden boat for an up-close experience, and very ...

The Milone family's Norwegian-style sailboat project, seen Wednesday, May 26, 2021, is well underway at the Montana Wooden Boat Foundation in Lakeside. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Alex Berry, ...

With a hoarse rasp, the thin blade of a Dozuki handsaw slides back and forth through a slab of mahogany, shaping the wood into a gentle arc. The traditional Japanese saw cuts on the pull stroke, as ...

Retired Marine Tom Brandl stood on the shore of the Elizabeth River rallying his troops. “You don’t have to worry,” he said to the adolescents clad in flip-flops and life vests that were growing ...

A small flotilla of classic boats filled the Tahoe Keys Marina for the eighth year in a row Friday and Saturday. More than 60 boats, including several from the Tahoe Maritime Museum, occupied the ...

Seattle’s Center for Wooden Boats on Tuesday morning celebrated a groundbreaking for its new Wagner Education Center, which has been six years in the planning. The 9,600-square-foot building will ...

GEORGETOWN — David Mauney’s handmade boats invoke a sense of awe that comes from a place beyond the detailed craftsmanship. The boats and their owners, David and Lisa Muaney, survived Hurricane Helene ...

PORT HADLOCK — Betsy Davis, the executive director of the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building, is planning to retire. Davis, who has been with the nonprofit since 2014, is planning for her last ...