Brian Keen credits his uncle for getting him into boats. He owned five or six, and as Keen entered college, his uncle’s interest grew—and so did Keen’s. That interest, mixed with Keen’s love of old ...

In the run-up to summer boating season, the crews at Irish Boat Shop are busy behind the scenes keeping wood boats primed to live on the waves forever. To understand the importance of a couple of ...

BoatArt has spent much of the summer restoring the wooden hull of the 1906 Minnehaha passenger steamboat Sometimes a career can be launched by a simple twist of fate — or by an old guy named Jeep.

Made of long-lasting kauri wood 103 years ago in an Auckland boatyard, the classic yacht Thelma has undergone several reincarnations. In the early 20th century, the 74-foot cutter was known as one of ...

For most people, the idea of sailing on a wooden boat seems almost, well, archaic. After all, there are all those new, shiny fiberglass boats with more buttons and gadgets than the latest VCR. But for ...

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 ...

Sometimes a career can be launched by a simple twist of fate — or by an old guy named Jeep. After graduating from St. Bernard’s High School in St. Paul in 1965, Tom Sweeney joined the U.S. Coast Guard ...

Made of long-lasting kauri wood 103 years ago in an Auckland boatyard, the classic yacht Thelma has undergone several reincarnations. In the early 20th century, the 74-foot cutter was known as one of ...