SEATTLE -- The smell of wood, sawdust under the fingernails and pride in workmanship all come in the process of building wooden boats. Josh Anderson, the Boatwright at the Center for Wooden Boats, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. What is luxury? Discover it here in the world of yachting. A low, lean profile sporting graceful lines with long overhangs recalls ...

There are few more classic sights in boating than a small mahogany runabout splitting the serene waters of a lake in some picturesque locale—be it northern Italy, Lake Tahoe, or a pristine stretch of ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When you walk into the Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop right on Ballentine Boulevard in Norfolk, the heat in the room is almost as enveloping as the sounds of hammers, sewing machines, ...

This boutique shipyard has really branched out with its latest luxury day cruiser. The Italian-based Wooden Boats has crafted a 40-foot custom tender from, you guessed it, wood. While wood is not a ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A wooden yacht that took more than a year to restore is officially on the market in Coeur d'Alene. Coeur Custom, based out of Hagadone Marine Group in Coeur d'Alene, announced ...

On an early summer day, the bay in front of the historic Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens is filled with yachts—shiny, sleek, state-of-the-art, and massive. But there’s one vessel attracting all ...

The Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival is back. The festival, which started in 2014 under the direction of the late Ralph Rodheim, who died in 2017, is returning this weekend to the Balboa Yacht Club ...

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The 22nd annual Master Mariners Benevolent Association’s Wooden Boat Show will be held on Sunday, June 28th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the lovely Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon, Calif. This is an ...