PORT HADLOCK — Students at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding have started building two 26-foot sailboats in what the school is calling the Twin Boats project. About 18 students are working ...
A woman quit teaching to build incredible, seaworthy replicas of historic wooden boats. Gail McGarva spends up to nine months at a time constructing her historically accurate and functioning ...
When I first stepped into the Maverick Boat Group’s P2 factory in Fort Pierce, Florida, the first thing I noticed was what was missing. In most other boatbuilding facilities I have visited, I’ve been ...
CEDARVILLE – Curls of pale-brown wood shavings fall to the floor as Gus Bell pulls a plane across a piece of African mahogany. He checks its shape, peering at it closely. Then he lays the tapered ...
CHARLESTON — Colonial Lake’s calm waters are usually empty, save for the fish and ducks. But the shallow lake filled with miniature fleets of colorful wooden boats May 9 as local students celebrated ...
About the author: Reynolds is a native of Charlevoix. His interest in the boat-building industry in Michigan comes from growing up in a Michigan port city, much like Holland, the subject of this new ...
WEBVTT AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IN THISSTORY HE DOESN'T EVEN USE AKIT.IN 1986 WE BUILT A HOUSE.I KNEW FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGI WANTED A MANHATTAN L WITH ABIG OLD BOAT MODEL ON THATMANTLE.AND THAT'S ...
Lawmakers passed a new transportation budget that includes $1.3 billion for state ferries. It is now up to Gov. Jay Inslee to sign the bill. KOMO News asked Inslee's office if he would sign the bill ...