There’s a certain feeling that comes from seeing an old fishing boat tied up at a dock. The paint may be faded, the wood may ...

The maritime industry is focusing more and more on clean energy alternatives, such as solar and wind power, as well as on sustainability. This adventurous man did it all by himself, starting with ...

What started as a simple Fourth of July boating adventure quickly turned into a full-blown experiment. After dragging a neglected 1986 boat out of storage and somehow getting it running again, the ...

KOBUK RIVER — This fall and early winter I’ve been fixated on an old wooden boat. At villages and camps along the river, there are a surprising number of them, abandoned back in the willows, ...

I could see that the Down East 45 ketch I had come to look at had been very neglected, and a surveyor confirmed it. Among the obvious shortcomings—though by no means the only one—was the wiring, which ...

A sauna is a great place to feel warm and toasty and refreshed, but few of us have one at home. [Linus Strothmann] decided to build his own, using an old boat as the perfect base for his steamy build.

More than a century after its discovery, Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat is finally giving up new secrets. By analyzing ancient caulking and cords from the Hjortspring boat, researchers uncovered ...