It’s not a lost art, because the Giesler family never really stopped building small wooden pleasure craft. Once the norm in boat building in decades past, other firms building wooden boats moved on to ...

Making a model boat kit is not just great fun, it can improve a kid’s coordination and can also be educational. Of course, model boats aren’t just for children. Complex models give hours of pleasure ...

The McKenzie River's place in history is anchored by the fabulous redside trout fishing that once lured anglers from afar. But a case can be made that the McKenzie is actually better-known as the ...

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, ...

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 ...

Follow this guide for how to build a wooden rowboat that is easy to construct, transport, and store. When my family and I packed up our possessions and moved across the country some years ago, it ...

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 ...

Our traditional wooden boat-building industry, an age-old craft is deeply embedded in the cultural and economic fabric of ...

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 ...

Sometimes history repeats itself in a good way, as in the revival of a luxury boat brand that years ago had a strong following on lakes across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Canada. Bergersen Boat ...