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.

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 ...

A little blue boat that has been a part of Hobart’s history for nearly 50 years is about to get a new life after being severely damaged in recent storms. Read what lies ahead. She was battered by ...

THIS IS ONE OF OURS HERE. THIS IS A 28 FOOT YAWL WE BUILT FOUR OF THESE. CRUISING THROUGH VINEYARD HAVEN HARBOR WITH NAT BENJAMIN IS LIKE LISTENING TO A PROUD FATHER INTRODUCE YOU TO HIS PROGENY. THIS ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...