Andy Gallant was about 12 years old when he got the idea to motorize his 8-foot dinghy. Born in 1949, Andy grew up in Essex, ...

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Every piece of wood has a story. Every tool. Every boat. And it’s the job of wooden boat builders Andy Stewart, James McMullen and Pat O’Hearn to make that story shine. “We’re just here to help people ...

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In the summer of 1974, Sam Devlin was working on a tugboat in Alaska when he read the first issue of Wooden Boat Magazine. He was immediately entranced. “I couldn’t shake the image of that wooden boat ...

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 ...

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 gleaming, high-polished mahogany hull denotes a different time in American boating. A time when skilled craftsmen made things by hand to quality standards. Grand Craft Boats has a storied past, ...

The floor of David Dormond’s workshop is scattered with wooden planks, shaving piles, and machines that scream “DO NOT TOUCH!

HOLLAND, MI -- When Captain Darryl Holtz hauls the Wine Seller III down the Lakeshore, he has to leave extra time at the gas pump. Not for fuel or snacks, but because he knows he’ll get a least a few ...