A boat is like a pet. It's expensive, it's a lot of work, and it's always shedding. This joke aside, boat building really consumes a lot of time and money - and requires expert craftsmanship. Boat ...
Around the turn of the century, Chinese fishermen cruised San Francisco Bay in their dark, red-hulled junks. In the dawn, they'd hoist the distinctive sails, divided into sections like an unfurled fan ...
Last fall I was walking along a Long Island Sound beach with my eight-year old son looking at driftwood. He asked me if we could collect some driftwood to build something with. This was the latest in ...
The smell of damp wood and sea water and the mystique of making something out of nothing lure people to the small warehouse in the heart of Annapolis’ old fishing community. At the John Gardner School ...
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 ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The replica of the “Seneca Chief” — the boat known as the first to open the Erie Canal — is inching closer to setting sail. “We wanted to build it on the sight, we wanted to ...
ELKHART — While some businesses are struggling to shake off the effects of the coronavirus, Bennington is looking to expand its boat-building capacity. The company announced Thursday that it is ...