SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. – While most of the boats made these days are typically fiberglass, the beauty in wood simply can’t be beat. That’s the thought of the Traditional Small Craft Association in South ...

“There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” – Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) “Rat, in The Wind in the Willows” (1908) FRISCO – Firm believers in ...

On a bright and clear summer day, Jeff Garnsey is making his way along the St. Lawrence River in his antique wooden boat, Goat Locker. She’s a 32-foot-long sea skiff made by Trojan in 1969. Wooden ...

Michigan’s wood boat building history comes to life every summer in Great Lakes shoreline communities. It’s a time when quaint harbor towns celebrate the state’s boating heritage with wooden boat ...

Sat, 01 Aug 2015 22:15:49 GMT — Chances are if you drove downtown in Traverse City on Saturday you might have seen dozens of boats lined up along the boardwalk. A total of 45-classic and antique ...

Still, some old wooden Beetle Cats survived and brand spanking new ones continued coming out of the Beetle Cat Co. shop near New Bedford, Mass. While our family never owned one of these well-crafted ...

Catch the rich glow of varnished mahogany in the morning sunlight, notice the sleek, simple lines, and – if you score an invitation – step into a wooden boat for an up-close experience, and very ...

NEW MADRID COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - A Portageville man has found the remains of an old wooden boat on the Mississippi River. But, where it came from remains a mystery. Perry Pikey found the boat around mid ...