In the summer of 1974, Sam Devlin was working on a tugboat in Alaska when he read the first issue of Wooden Boat Magazine. He was immediately entranced. “I couldn’t shake the image of that wooden boat ...

DULUTH — A group of local volunteers has been working hard to construct their version of a Viking boat, circa A.D. 1045. And they aim to sail the vessel to the Two Harbors tall ship festival in early ...

♪ DISTANCE DOES NOT LIMIT A DREAM. SOMETIMES, THE MORE DISTANT THE DREAM, THE MORE PASSIONATE THE DREAMER. >> IT IS THE MOST REWARDING THING I HAVE EVER DONE FOR SURE. >> HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS, 90 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The replica of the “Seneca Chief” — the boat known as the first to open the Erie Canal — is inching closer to setting sail. “We wanted to build it on the sight, we wanted to ...

A fingerprint has been found in the tars used to build the oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia, which provides a direct link to the seaborne raiders who used the boat over 2,000 years ago.

They sawed, bent, clamped and hammered planks for months – building something that hasn't been built in Buffalo in at least 170 years. The Erie Canal has a new cargo boat. The 40 volunteers labored ...

ELKHART — While some businesses are struggling to shake off the effects of the coronavirus, Bennington is looking to expand its boat-building capacity. The company announced Thursday that it is ...

The construction of the replica of Governor DeWitt Clinton’s 73′ packet boat – the boat that traversed the Erie Canal to take part in the Wedding of the Waters ceremony – is considered “a real Buffalo ...

PORT TOWNSEND — An aluminum-boat-building company has taken residence in the Boat Haven, with the eventual goal of creating 30 family-wage jobs. “We are a relatively new company, with our target to ...