Michigan’s wood boat building history comes to life every summer in Great Lakes shoreline communities. It’s a time when quaint harbor towns celebrate the state’s boating heritage with wooden boat ...
Great Lakes Boatbuilding Company has been producing small wood boats since 1985. The shop is run by expert boat builder Mike Kiefer who is currently building stock dinghy's for yachtsmen and Whitehall ...
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 ...
Hundreds of wooden luggers once crowded every part of Broome's shoreline, making it the biggest pearl-shelling fleet in the world. A century later and none remain, so is wooden boatbuilding a lost art ...
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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 ...
A hands-on carpentry program for youth is underway at the Hudson River Maritime Museum Wooden Boat School. The six-week after-school class teaches youths 14 to 18 the fundamentals ...
Our traditional wooden boat-building industry, an age-old craft is deeply embedded in the cultural and economic fabric of ...
The 32nd Annual Olympia Wooden Boat Fair is coming up this weekend in Olympia. Here's more about the event from the Olympia Wooden Boat Association: The fair, a traditional community and family fun ...
Neil MacKay is building his largest wooden boat in his 32 years of making them; like most lobster boats in P.E.I. waters, Catcher is 45 feet long, but is four feet wider than the typical 14 feet. The ...
KITTERY, Maine — The initial goal of the Wood Island Life Saving Station Association was to preserve the century-old Kittery site previously manned by predecessors of our modern-day Coast Guard. It’s ...