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 ...

In the summer of 1974, Sam Devlin was working on a tugboat in Alaska when he read the first issue of Wooden Boat Magazine. He was immediately entranced. “I couldn’t shake the image of that wooden boat ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Jerry Gilbreath swears his boat "Jefe" actually runs better than it looks. And Gilbreath, 61, made every effort to make sure Jefe, Spanish for chief or leader, looks perfect.

PORT HADLOCK — Students at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding have started building two 26-foot sailboats in what the school is calling the Twin Boats project. About 18 students are working ...

YORK, Maine — The 1965 sloop was launched into York Harbor a new vessel, renamed Cedar and restored by a man known as one of the area’s remaining boat-making masters. Paul Rollins watched as a crane ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The Wooden Boat Festival will return to Port Townsend this weekend. The Northwest Maritime festival will run from Thursday to Sunday. Now in its 48th year, the festival is brimming ...

It’s not easy for any business executive in the throes of middle age to leave a comfortable third-generation family business for a new venture with an uncertain future. For Patrick Gallagher, his move ...

If a variety of emotional experiences make for rich fodder in artistic souls, then Barnie Slice, the 2022 Georgetown Wooden Boat Show artist, had a treasure trove to draw upon. And while Barnie had ...