Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...

Blake Hosli isn’t in the business of building boats — and certainly not wooden boats. In fact, he isn’t in the marine industry at all. He’s an electrical engineer. But when Hosli joins a group of old ...

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 ...

It's a sunny Saturday morning and downstairs in the Cape Cod Maritime Museum’s woodworking shop, a small team of middle school kids are building a wooden skiff. Sunlight beams through a window ...

SEATTLE -- The smell of wood, sawdust under the fingernails and pride in workmanship all come in the process of building wooden boats. Josh Anderson, the Boatwright at the Center for Wooden Boats, ...

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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 ...

Lake Shore, Minn. – Minnesota has a deep and storied boating history, and a new and fascinating chapter is being written in the Brainerd Lakes area. This lake-rich part of the state has become home to ...

Pricey wooden boats—those once leaky, maintenance-hungry, floating mahogany works of art—are making a comeback. Last weekend's 41st Annual Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show in Hessel, Mich ...

A Genoa City builder of custom, wooden power boats is testing the international marketplace with a new partnership with a boat dealer a half a world away. That may seem a long and somewhat unlikely ...