Arguably there are no two names more closely related to Pilot Boat design and construction in the United States than ...

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 ...

Peters and built by Van Dam Custom Boats in Michigan, these bespoke vessels—created more than two decades apart—show the ways ...

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 ...

PORT HADLOCK — Students at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding have started building two 26-foot sailboats in what the school is calling the Twin Boats project. About 18 students are working ...

Appreciative eyes were watching as Greg and Lynne Sager docked their schooner Moondrift in Key West. “My, isn’t that an old beauty. How long did it take you to fix it up?” It is a comment the Sagers ...

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 ...

It’s long been a dream, but now it’s a plan. On Friday, backers for the Center for Wooden Boats are to unveil the designs of the $6.6 million Wagner Education Center to be constructed at South Lake ...