For most people, the idea of sailing on a wooden boat seems almost, well, archaic. After all, there are all those new, shiny fiberglass boats with more buttons and gadgets than the latest VCR. But for ...

Brian Keen credits his uncle for getting him into boats. He owned five or six, and as Keen entered college, his uncle’s interest grew—and so did Keen’s. That interest, mixed with Keen’s love of old ...

BoatArt has spent much of the summer restoring the wooden hull of the 1906 Minnehaha passenger steamboat Sometimes a career can be launched by a simple twist of fate — or by an old guy named Jeep.

(PRWEB) May At the Antique and Classic Boat Society's Restoration Symposium/Workshop recently held in Cincinnati, OH, Antique Boat Center President, Dennis Ryan, presented several factors that ...

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 ...

Curtis Bauman likes doing things the “old way.” And, apparently, so do his clients, owners of antique wood boats in dire need of some TLC. Combining his passion for woodworking and boating, Bauman has ...

Standing on the sun-drenched deck of a pristine 1960s classic yacht in Monaco harbor just last summer, Thierry Birles watched as potential buyers walked past vessel after vessel, their eyes telling ...

Planers sit on a work table as Glacier Park Boat Co.'s Tyrel Johnson measures a plank for the transom of a 1957 Chris Craft sedan cruiser. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake) ...

Made of long-lasting kauri wood 103 years ago in an Auckland boatyard, the classic yacht Thelma has undergone several reincarnations. In the early 20th century, the 74-foot cutter was known as one of ...

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 ...