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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Depending on who you talk to, wooden boats are a glorious manifestation of skill combined with sustainability. Or an obsession that can challenge the heartiest of mariners. you'll ...

Blake Hosli isn’t in the business of building boats — and certainly not wooden boats. In fact, he isn’t in the marine industry at all. He’s an electrical engineer. But when Hosli joins a group of old ...

AMESBURY — Students from the Greater Lawrence Education Collaborative celebrated the end of a 12-week boat-building program yesterday by launching the 11-foot Asa Thompson skiff they built at Lowell's ...