Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats ...

In all of motorized travel there is surely nothing as pure as an old wooden boat plowing the blue waters of Lake Tahoe. Gar Wood, Hackercraft, Chris-Craft, Century. The names are as elegant as the ...

Wooden boats aren’t in museums in Northern Michigan’s Les Cheneaux Islands, home of the first Chris Craft dealership in the world, they live on the water. Within the hidden bays and intimate ...

The wooden skiff drops in the water to great cheers from the crowd. The students-the vessel's builders and now navigators-will crew the 14-foot craft on her maiden voyage through the Les Cheneaux ...

On a bright and clear summer day, Jeff Garnsey is making his way along the St. Lawrence River in his antique wooden boat, Goat Locker. She’s a 32-foot-long sea skiff made by Trojan in 1969. Wooden ...

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 ...

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One of the country's premier wooden boat builders is re creating a "Biloxi skiff." Dana Asa Wright is a longtime boat builder and owner of the "Maritime Art Studio" in New Orleans. His latest project ...

Pull up to a dock in a mahogany speedboat, burnished like a Stradivarius under layer upon layer of varnish, classic engine rumbling like far-off thunder, and you are connecting with a potent brand of ...

The Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival returns this month to the banks of the Tchefuncte River, and with it comes a stream of poignant memories for some festivalgoers, and a weekend packed with ...

I have spent the majority of my professional career on fiberglass and/or composite boats, so I have to say, those are my choice. Weight, strength, durability, lower maintenance and the inability to ...