BoatArt has spent much of the summer restoring the wooden hull of the 1906 Minnehaha passenger steamboat Sometimes a career can be launched by a simple twist of fate — or by an old guy named Jeep.

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The Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Wooden Boat School will host a furniture restoration class from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan 10 and 11. The basic level course is taught by Max Smith and will teach ...

"The Art of Wooden Boat Repair: Secret Tricks of the Trade" presents the experience and insights gained by author Allen Taube's 40 years of wooden boat building, wooden boat repair, surveying and ...

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 ...

KODIAK, Alaska - Dan Farsovitch developed a love for boats at a young age. He grew up in Akhiok and frequently watched his grandfather build wooden boats by hand. "I was pretty intrigued with that," ...

CAINHOY — As the Adventure sat in the water off land where the Carolina colony began, an unexpected threat arrived from the sky. No one had any idea of what was going on until the reproduction 17th ...

With a hoarse rasp, the thin blade of a Dozuki handsaw slides back and forth through a slab of mahogany, shaping the wood into a gentle arc. The traditional Japanese saw cuts on the pull stroke, as ...

Sometimes a career can be launched by a simple twist of fate — or by an old guy named Jeep. After graduating from St. Bernard’s High School in St. Paul in 1965, Tom Sweeney joined the U.S. Coast Guard ...