Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...

Even though there is still a substantial amount of wooden yacht construction and restoration out there, wooden hull construction has pretty much gone the way of the mastodonts. To find a new ...

Pull up to a dock in a mahogany speedboat, burnished like a Stradivarius under layer upon layer of varnish, classic engine rumbling like far-off thunder, and you are connecting with a potent brand of ...

In 2017, Van Dam Custom Boats celebrated 40 years of craftsmanship. This family business was founded in Michigan by married couple Steve and Jean Van Dam. Trained as a wooden boat builder in the early ...

When you're in the custom transportation business and designing cars, planes, or boats to meet one person's needs, taste, or budget, you never know what's going to come through the door next. That's ...

One of the country's premier wooden boat builders is re creating a "Biloxi skiff." Dana Asa Wright is a longtime boat builder and owner of the "Maritime Art Studio" in New Orleans. His latest project ...

ONCE YOU have built a wooden boat, or even are contemplating one, it is impossible to walk through a forest and not see boats in the trees. If you are a committed conservationist, the adult flank of ...

LOCKPORT — In the age of fiberglass hulls and outboard motors, of flashy paint and electronic depth-finders, remnants of Louisiana's wooden boat-building tradition remain showcased in a nearly century ...

Most of the electric boats we saw at the Düsseldorf boat show this past weekend were small, slow cruisers designed to putter around waterways with combustion engine bans. One boat stepped well beyond ...