The three-day 37th annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, which began Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday, has grown from a large party to a huge homage to the wooden boat aesthetic. “It’s ...

In the run-up to summer boating season, the crews at Irish Boat Shop are busy behind the scenes keeping wood boats primed to live on the waves forever. To understand the importance of a couple of ...

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 ...

DULUTH — A group of local volunteers has been working hard to construct their version of a Viking boat, circa A.D. 1045. And they aim to sail the vessel to the Two Harbors tall ship festival in early ...

KOBUK RIVER — This fall and early winter I’ve been fixated on an old wooden boat. At villages and camps along the river, ...

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 ...

Wooden boats are an integral part of the Greek landscape, adorning tourist brochures, postcards and countless holiday snaps. They have been sailing across Greece for centuries, used as fishing boats, ...

What do your New Year travel resolutions entail? New adventures? Cutting back on air travel? Swapping the daily grind for ...

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 ...

GEORGETOWN — Longtime Georgetown Wooden Boat Show participant Tommy Graham may know the secret behind the event's nearly four-decade run. "Boats that are made of wood have souls, and other boats are ...

Theirs was a relationship that bloomed over a shared love of sailing and boats. Now, after spending their adult lives together – and on the sea more often than not – Ruth and Garrett Jolly, having ...

HOLLAND, MI — The gleaming mahogany hull of the Verano turns heads wherever it goes, causing Captain Darryl Holtz to budget extra time at gas stations for the inevitable questions about the ...