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 ...

SEATTLE -- The smell of wood, sawdust under the fingernails and pride in workmanship all come in the process of building wooden boats. Josh Anderson, the Boatwright at the Center for Wooden Boats, ...

Brian Keen credits his uncle for getting him into boats. He owned five or six, and as Keen entered college, his uncle’s interest grew—and so did Keen’s. That interest, mixed with Keen’s love of old ...

At the downtown base of the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine, a construction project turned into an archaeological dig Friday, when crew members spotted wood, old wood. "We just found a boat from the ...

CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — The sole survivor from a scallop boat that sank off the coast of New Jersey says a wooden plank saved his life. Jose Luis Arias says he jumped overboard when the Lady Mary began ...

CHATHAM -- As thick fog enshrouds a long, weathered pier, an old salt in a yellow slicker climbs aboard a 47-foot ketch with a keel of Douglas fir. Beside him a metal marine railway extends out of ...