“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 ...

View some of the most remarkable wooden boats in the world. It's off to the picturesque and quiet lakefront community of Hessel on Lake Huron in the Eastern UP. But this sleepy village becomes a ...

On an early summer day, the bay in front of the historic Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens is filled with yachts—shiny, sleek, state-of-the-art, and massive. But there’s one vessel attracting all ...

Over 47 years of marriage, Jim and Maila Cadd have owned 14 boats. “It’s a terrible disease,” Jim joked. None turn heads — or require as much TLC — as their newest acquisition, which is actually the ...

No matter how much yacht building progresses, there will always be people who believe that wooden boats fitted with sails are the only way to go for real yachting connoisseurs. The hands-on experience ...

Join Jason and Nikki Wynn as they embark on the adventure of owning a 103-year-old wooden yacht. In this video, they delve into: - Cruising on a historic wood yacht - The deep history behind a century ...

Weather Bird is more than a classic, wooden boat. The 101-foot staysail schooner is a whispering storybook from the 1930s when luminaries like Ernest Hemingway and Cole Porter rubbed shoulders out at ...

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 ...

Can an age-old heritage survive or will it sink into memory?Our traditional wooden boat-building industry, an age-old craft is deeply embedded in the cultural and economic fabric of fishing towns such ...