“So you’re starting to see what I mean about all the sanding?” says Ron Pellinen, my wooden canoe-building mentor, when I walk into his shop on a brisk March morning in Northern Ontario. Perched on an ...

ALLOUEZ (WLUK) -- History is coming alive in the Green Bay area. An authentic wooden canoe is getting some finishing touches ahead of its maiden voyage Saturday. "This canoe. At one time, it was the ...

The 37th annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show will have some new attractions joining the usual roster of events and exhibitors.

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Assistant Vince Gordon, of Bigfork, works with boat building student, Susan Timmons, of Kalispell, on her sailboat during a Montana Wooden Boat Foundation boat building class in Lakeside. (Mackenzie ...

There are few more classic sights in boating than a small mahogany runabout splitting the serene waters of a lake in some picturesque locale—be it northern Italy, Lake Tahoe, or a pristine stretch of ...

Every piece of wood has a story. Every tool. Every boat. And it’s the job of wooden boat builders Andy Stewart, James McMullen and Pat O’Hearn to make that story shine. “We’re just here to help people ...

The Rick Pratt School of Wooden Boat Building in Port Aransas continues the tradition of the fishing village’s iconic all-wood Farley Boats. “Anything nautical made out of wood we’ll help you build,” ...

GEORGETOWN — David Mauney’s handmade boats invoke a sense of awe that comes from a place beyond the detailed craftsmanship. The boats and their owners, David and Lisa Muaney, survived Hurricane Helene ...