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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GENE BUCK’S first wooden sailboat cost just $200 and it took the combined efforts of four of his high school buddies to collect the cash to pay for the old coast guard sailing whaleboat. That was back ...

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 ...