BLOOMER (AP) — Bill Hable was still in his 40s when he settled on a grand plan for his retirement. He grabbed a chainsaw, cut down some trees and started building a boat. Hable figured the project ...

At some point, Paul Birkey says, he is going to write a book. “My story has just been a crazy ride up to now,” he told The News Tribune this week as he wound down operations of his yacht-interior ...

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 ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN — Louis Sauzedde loves to talk about building wooden boats. Whether the topic is corrosion caused by electrolysis or the different uses for white oak and red oak (more on that later), ...

CEDARVILLE – Curls of pale-brown wood shavings fall to the floor as Gus Bell pulls a plane across a piece of African mahogany. He checks its shape, peering at it closely. Then he lays the tapered ...

A company that builds boats and water taxis is expecting to move that manufacturing work to Hamilton later this year. Here are five things to know about Water Taxi Marine LLC, which in September will ...

Pat Ball, owner of the Sarasota homebuilding company Ball Construction Inc., first met legendary local boat maker George Luzier when he was just 12 years old. Ball encountered Luzier at the Sarasota ...

Starting this semester, Beaufort County Community College is offering a new degree in boat building for students. Program leaders say the course will help create a pipeline of local talent to an ...

BLOOMER, Wis. – Bill Hable was still in his 40s when he settled on a grand plan for his retirement. He grabbed a chainsaw, cut down some trees and started building a boat. Hable figured the project ...