ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- John Harris knows exactly how quirky his company is. Businesses that sell boats are all over the place, especially around the Chesapeake Bay. But a business that sells ...

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 ...

Clint Chase, from Saco, Maine, knows how to make a really great boat. “The first thing I do is design a really fantastic boat, and then I figure out how to kit it,” he says, in the video above.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Boat-building instructor Bruce Campbell compares hand-assembling a packraft to ironing a shirt. He’s right that there’s ironing involved, but he undersells the amount of precision.

Marcy Consalvo was 9 when his parents gave him a boat-building kit. More than 70 years later, he is still building boats, from clipper ships to Gloucester schooners, and for 20 years he’s been helping ...

There they were, one with a boat-building business and one wanting to hold a boat-building class. Would they ever connect, or would they simply pass like ships in the night? Of course they would get ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. Several states away from here, a tractor trailer load of Styrofoam buoyancy billets floats in Chesapeake Bay in Alexandria, Virginia. The material, donated by The Dow Chemical Company, ...

At the end of the two-day community ship-building festival known as Seaport Days, it's always a lingering question: Who keeps the boat? "Whoever gets the short straw," joked Mark Messing, a volunteer ...

FORMER head teacher Richard Wood from Worcester first thought about building a boat so that he could enjoy a creative activity with his two teenage sons. They all thought it would be fun to row ...

Wooden Boat Festival at Huddy Park on July 16, 2011 from 9am to 5pm. Rain or Shine This popular event is the largest wooden boat show in New Jersey, with antique and classic boats on display in the ...