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 ...

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Last summer, during a Scout Troop sailing adventure on the Great Lakes, I learned a whole lot about wooden pleasure boats. That led to my article last August about the modern-day makers of these ...

Learn how to build a wooden boat with basic tools to create a sturdy vessel for your next water adventure.

Learn how to build a wooden boat using wood and tools to create a sturdy vessel for your next water adventure.

Assistant Vince Gordon, of Bigfork, works with boat building student, Susan Timmons, of Kalispell, on her sailboat during a Montana Wooden Boat Foundation boat building class in Lakeside. (Mackenzie ...

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 ...

Background: Greg Rossel grew up cruising on the waters of New York Harbor and spending time in the boatyards on the south shore of Staten Island, where economics, more than anything else, made wooden ...

Wood gleams, glows, and adds personality to any object it’s used to craft. For centuries, wooden boats have been treasured for their beauty and their connection to nature. Unlike modern recreational ...

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,” ...

There are few more classic sights in boating than a small mahogany runabout splitting the serene waters of a lake in some picturesque locale—be it northern Italy, Lake Tahoe, or a pristine stretch of ...