Something as routine as walking his dog took Neil Gibbs down the slippery slope to classic boat ownership. On Saturday, after several years of restoring an old wooden boat, Gibbs, a long-time sailor ...

“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 ...

Lake Shore, Minn. – Minnesota has a deep and storied boating history, and a new and fascinating chapter is being written in the Brainerd Lakes area. This lake-rich part of the state has become home to ...

Lorne Kermath’s 1955 Curly Craft is one of the wooden boats that will have the crowd talking as Whitefish Woody Weekend II unfolds June 28-30 in Whitefish. There’s a story behind every one of the ...

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 ...

More than 30,000 visitors took in the 38th annual Wooden Boat Festival, Sept. 5-7, 2014. With more than 300 boats on hand, it's sort of a pilgrimage for me. A few boats were for sale, but selling ...

The 29th Annual Classic Boat Festival at Smith Mountain Lake is just around the corner! The festival will feature unique wooden boats like the 1929 21-foot Morris Launch "symphony." It's one of only ...

Terry and Sue Hart took their 1961 Chris-Craft ski boat out for a run on Lake of the Ozarks on a recent weekday. Terry collects and restores vintage wooden boats. Brent Frazee [email protected] LAKE ...

CARNELIAN BAY, Calif. (AP) – For many, wooden boats are the stuff of which dreams are made – instant time machines that take us back to the days when Humphrey Bogart and George Raft ruled the ...

LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) - Terry Hart walked down to his dock at Lake of the Ozarks and introduced a visitor to his pride and joy. “This is Chug,” he said, nodding toward his vintage wooden ski boat.