Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When he started the process of crafting a 38-foot wooden sailboat from scratch, Steve Denette knew nothing about boat building.

What started as a driveway boat-building project has turned into one of the most remarkable sailing achievements by an Australian in recent years.

The Milone family's Norwegian-style sailboat project, seen Wednesday, May 26, 2021, is well underway at the Montana Wooden Boat Foundation in Lakeside. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake) Alex Berry, ...

Feb. 4—BLOOMER — Bill Hable was 46 when he embarked on a project intended to fill his retirement with joy. The Bloomer resident, an engineer by trade, planned to build a 41-foot wooden schooner that ...

HOLLAND — Charlie McConkey went from the automotive industry to boat building, and he's never looked back. Although others at work didn’t enjoy wiring boats, McConkey, a 30-year-old Cedarville, was ...

Six years ago, a Massachusetts man started working on his dream. Stephen Dentte, of Granby, is using New England lumber, including trees planted by his great-great-grandfather more than 100 years ago, ...

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,” ...

WEBVTT THE END OF NEXT WEEK. MIKE: IN THIS WEEK’S "POSITIVE PARENTING," THE UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IS TAKING ON A BOLD STUDYING THE EFFECTS THAT BOAT BUILDING COULD PLAY IN BRINGING FAMILIES ...

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