Hundreds of wooden luggers once crowded every part of Broome's shoreline, making it the biggest pearl-shelling fleet in the world. A century later and none remain, so is wooden boatbuilding a lost art ...
Editor's note: This is story #98 in a series on 100 interesting artifacts found at Dover's Woodman Museum, in celebration of its 100th season. Visit our web page ...
If you’ve ever daydreamed about building a boat of your own, MOTHER EARTH NEWS has written boat-building articles that can help make that dream a reality. In these pages you can find articles on how ...
Last year I got a call from Dick Wagner, local patron saint of old wooden boats, with an offer that could have read, “Free Classic Boat, Moorage Included.” Seattle’s Center for Wooden Boats had ...
Thousands of people have turned out to watch the opening of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart. Spectators gathered along the shoreline to enjoy the spectacular Parade of Sail up the River ...