When he was around eight years old, John Martin watched his dad build a boat. It was a Sparkman and Stephens Blue Jay, a starter boat. But the Blue Jay is more than a vessel that his father crafted.

HOLLAND — Charlie McConkey went from the automotive industry to boat building, and he's never looked back. Although others at work didn’t enjoy wiring boats, McConkey, a 30-year-old Cedarville, was ...

CAMBRIDGE — “The Art of Model Boat Building” premiered in the galleries at the Dorchester Center for the Arts on March 4. This exhibition features area modelers who will display and discuss their work ...

Being landlocked between peach trees and desert doesn’t stop Jim Thayer from building boats strong enough to sail the ocean’s currents. “This is a terrible place to be building boats but I like it ...

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SCORED AN INVITATION TO BOARD. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO SPLURGE ON A LUXURY ITEM, WELL, FRANKLY, SOME DREAMS ARE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN OTHERS. IT’S CALLED THE BAG DAY CHASER 48 AND THE LUCKY FEW WHO ARE IN ...

A woman quit teaching to build incredible, seaworthy replicas of historic wooden boats. Gail McGarva spends up to nine months at a time constructing her historically accurate and functioning ...