This boutique shipyard has really branched out with its latest luxury day cruiser. The Italian-based Wooden Boats has crafted a 40-foot custom tender from, you guessed it, wood. While wood is not a ...

A Genoa City builder of custom, wooden power boats is testing the international marketplace with a new partnership with a boat dealer a half a world away. That may seem a long and somewhat unlikely ...

BOYNE CITY — The first wooden boat Steve Van Dam ever built was a small sailboat for personal use, and it wasn’t long before someone noticed the vessel and wanted one of their own. “A fellow saw it ...

Summer in Michigan is a time for driving to cool places and, if you’re lucky, messing around in boats. Buick just blended both these pursuits, with drives of its latest Avenir brand models and time on ...

Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...

Pricey wooden boats—those once leaky, maintenance-hungry, floating mahogany works of art—are making a comeback. Last weekend's 41st Annual Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show in Hessel, Mich ...

YORK, Maine — The 1965 sloop was launched into York Harbor a new vessel, renamed Cedar and restored by a man known as one of the area’s remaining boat-making masters. Paul Rollins watched as a crane ...

Hayden-based StanCraft Boat Co. has been experiencing strong growth with a 30% increase in total sales since the start of the pandemic, a company official said. “Every downturn of the economy has been ...

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 ...

Rockport Marine is slated to wrap up construction this fall of a 95-foot sailing yacht that’s been several years in the making and positions the boatyard to better take on European rivals. While the ...

Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...