In the run-up to summer boating season, the crews at Irish Boat Shop are busy behind the scenes keeping wood boats primed to live on the waves forever.

Turner is one of the last boatwrights on the Gulf Coast still building brand new wooden boats by hand. He sometimes even dreams of new designs in his sleep. He has 28 custom designs, running from ...

The lure: “Wooden boats can outperform fiberglass boats,” says Schaffner, who started sailing when he graduated from Ohio State in 1969.

Colorful bouquets of late-summer blooms decorate many of the boats at the 45th Wooden Boat Festival. As they have for about eight years, members of the Port Townsend High School sailing club gather ...

Fans of wooden boats often call crafting their handmade vessels a labor of love.

The Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival coming up Oct. 8 and 9 is a great place for just about everyone. Nautical types will be drawn to the featured classic wooden boats, from trawlers to cruisers ...

In the mid-90s, a group of Alexandria, Minnesota, residents wanted to highlight wooden boats and their craftsmanship, believing they were essentially works of art. So, they converted an old city ...

Hulls of mahogany, burl, cypress, cedar and teak replaced the typical fiberglass-laden boats lining Balboa Yacht Club’s docks Saturday as the club hosted its inaugural Wooden Boat Festival ...

The 35th annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show, held in historic Georgetown, drew visitors from across the United States seeking a break from their everyday lives.

Wooden boats are a part of the culture of the Thousand Islands. In Clayton, the Antique Boat Museum is dedicated to preserving this kind of cultural tradition on the St. Lawrence River.

Mandeville artist Hal Wilke combined his love of painting and of sailing when he created the 2023 Wooden Boat Festival Poster that features the gorgeous Glenn L. Swetman, a replica ...

GEORGETOWN — One of the most highly regarded wooden boat shows in the country will be held in Georgetown the weekend of Oct. 21-22. The 34th annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show, with more than ...