“There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” – Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) “Rat, in The Wind in the Willows” (1908) FRISCO – Firm believers in ...

DRAKAIOI, Greece (AP) — On the forested slopes of an island mountain, early morning mist swirling around its peak, the unmistakable form of a traditional Greek wooden boat emerges: a caique, or kaiki, ...

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. – While most of the boats made these days are typically fiberglass, the beauty in wood simply can’t be beat. That’s the thought of the Traditional Small Craft Association in South ...

BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - If you're handy with a hammer and love to work on boats, you can play in role in preserving a piece of South Mississippi's history. The Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum ...

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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, ...

HESSEL — A one-day antique wooden boat show is set to return to the Upper Peninsula's Les Cheneaux Islands after a one-year, pandemic induced hiatus. The Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show ...

TOMS RIVER – Ed Gustenhoven enjoys looking at old boats. On Saturday, he took some time to admire “Another Charmer,” a 28-foot Bay Liner cruiser built in 1987, at the annual Wooden Boat Festival ...

Wooden boats aren’t in museums in Northern Michigan’s Les Cheneaux Islands, home of the first Chris Craft dealership in the world, they live on the water. Within the hidden bays and intimate ...

PORT TOWNSEND — There is something about old, historic wooden boats that, for some, turns them almost into living beings. Says Mike Luis, former executive director at the Center for Wooden Boats, ...

One thing that's been helping wooden boats stay vibrant is this movement of 'spirit of tradition' — blend the best of the past with the best of the present. Take a beautiful, proven wooden boat design ...

But the current generation could be the last. Wooden boats are an integral part of the Greek landscape, adorning tourist brochures, postcards and countless holiday snaps. They have been sailing across ...