In the summer of 1974, Sam Devlin was working on a tugboat in Alaska when he read the first issue of Wooden Boat Magazine. He was immediately entranced. “I couldn’t shake the image of that wooden boat ...

There is something timeless, at least on the coast of Maine, about a boat made of wood. Crafting those boats requires skills and even tools dating back hundreds of years. In a time when most boats are ...

If you’ve ever daydreamed about building a boat of your own, MOTHER EARTH NEWS has written boat-building articles that can help make that dream a reality. In these pages you can find articles on how ...

In a city bounded by a mighty river, there is another waterfront. But the Cooper River is in some ways more the heart of Camden than the broad Delaware. The Cooper is an unseen and ignored artery ...

I’ve had the strangest urge lately to build a wooden boat. It’s OK though, I’m getting professional psychiatric help. I call it strange because I’ve been through this before and I know every reason ...

IT’S TIME for the 43rd annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Wooden boats are an integral part of our history. Native Americans started building wooden boats thousands of years ago and we have ...

The 36th Georgetown Wooden Boat Show will be held on Front Street Oct. 18 and Oct. 19. It will feature over 100 wooden boats, ...

The McKenzie River's place in history is anchored by the fabulous redside trout fishing that once lured anglers from afar. But a case can be made that the McKenzie is actually better-known as the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An author, speaker, and executive, I explore the world's industries. That’s not to denigrate Hessel, which sits at the north end ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Volunteers from the Farley Boat Works spent their weekend helping three families do something remarkable -- build three wooden boats in just three days. The Wooden Boat Show is ...

A Gig Harbor group started building a wooden Croatian fishing boat, called the Batana, July 4. “The Batana Project” is taking place at the Gig Harbor Boat Shop. Anthony Michael Vlahovich, 72, who goes ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When you walk into the Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop right on Ballentine Boulevard in Norfolk, the heat in the room is almost as enveloping as the sounds of hammers, sewing machines, ...