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 ...

ALGONAC, MI -- St. Clair County's Algonac, about an hour from Detroit on the north side of Lake St. Clair, is home of the wooden speed boat. CBS Sunday Morning took a look at Algonac and it's ongoing ...

In all of motorized travel there is surely nothing as pure as an old wooden boat plowing the blue waters of Lake Tahoe. Gar Wood, Hackercraft, Chris-Craft, Century. The names are as elegant as the ...

From the RiverPlace Marina dock, Alan Thomle examines the fiberglass pleasure boats streaming up and down the Willamette River. They are markedly more modern than the boat moored at his feet. "This ...

ELKHART — In the spring of 2013, David Lehman began a project in his basement — carving a 20-foot wooden speed boat. Three years later, he took out part of a basement wall with the help of some ...

Cruising across Lake Tahoe’s blue waters in a vintage wooden boat, its varnished mahogany and chrome lines glistening in the sun, feels like a trip back in time to the days when Frank Sinatra graced ...

Powered by two 220-horsepower V-8 engines, the polished mahogany Riva Aquarama slices through the sapphire surface of Lake Tahoe in style, the sun setting off starbursts of reflected light on the ...

All owners of superyachts realize early on that a tender boat is a necessity for easy transportation from the anchorage place to the coast. And since they tend to be demanding individuals, the tenders ...

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 ...