It was a long time since anyone in my family had built a boat. The last was my Uncle Paul. He was a shipbuilder who learned his trade beginning at age 14 in Hamburg, Germany. Every morning, the boy ...

My family has owned a Ford dealership since before the first World War, but when I was a kid, I loved boats most. Even after I took over the dealership and spent 40 years in the automotive business, I ...

Ruth explains how people build wooden boats in Madagascar: “Jean finished building his latest boat 2 weeks ago. It’s a traditional wooden boat built using methods passed down from older fishermen in ...

PORT HADLOCK — Students at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding have started building two 26-foot sailboats in what the school is calling the Twin Boats project. About 18 students are working ...

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," ...

D’IBERVILLE, MS (WLOX) - Biloxi has a rich tradition of wooden boat building, but there aren’t many master boat builders on the Gulf Coast who are build the floating works of art. In D’Iberville, ...

There is something timeless, at least on the coast of Maine, about a boat made of wood. Crafting those boats requires skills ...