Balsa core is laid up into the hull of Innovation Yachts’ 2023 Ocean Tribute Award-winning LBV35 catamaran.The reinforcement is volcanic fiber (i.e., basalt), the matrix a room temperature-cured, ...

When the Hinckley Co. was founded, in 1928 in Southwest Harbor, owner Henry Hinckley’s focus was on servicing the local lobster boats as well as the yachts of summer residents on Mount Desert Island.

Students in the composite-boat building program shifted from hands-on construction of dinghies at the school to individual projects at home. Here, Alex Hiscock presented his final project, a cooler ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This summer, Austrian sailor Norbert Sedlacek is embarking on an adventure that no seafarer has ever accomplished—circumnavigating ...

GARDINER — When Southport Boats hits its stride this year in its new larger manufacturing space in South Gardiner, a new boat is expected to leave the facility every week. That pace is expected to ...

Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...

Cape Fear Community College will offer two new programs, surgical technology and fiberglass boat building, for students in the fall. The programs were started after businesses suggested the two ...

Holland’s boat-building heritage is highlighted in a new book by Geoffrey Reynolds, who is the Mary Riepma Ross Director of the Joint Archives of Holland at Hope College. “Boats Made in Holland: A ...

PORT CLINTON - Every once in a while, an older gentleman — one of the many locals who once worked at the former Matthews Boat Company — will wander into Weatherly Boat Works and ask owner Wes Blazer ...

Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...