IT’S TIME for the 43rd annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Wooden boats are an integral part of our history. Native Americans started building wooden boats thousands of years ago and we have ...

Wood had been the material of choice in building boats ever since man first put out to sea. But most wooden boats were subject to rot and worm damage and building wooden boats was costly since each ...

THIS IS ONE OF OURS HERE. THIS IS A 28 FOOT YAWL WE BUILT FOUR OF THESE. CRUISING THROUGH VINEYARD HAVEN HARBOR WITH NAT BENJAMIN IS LIKE LISTENING TO A PROUD FATHER INTRODUCE YOU TO HIS PROGENY. THIS ...

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