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PORT TOWNSEND — When he was 4 years old, Dan Newland started building model airplanes, the kind with plastic parts you punch out and snap together. By the time he was in grade school, he had graduated ...

Which model boat kits are best? Building model boats is a great way for hobbyists of any age to learn patience, engineering and dexterity in a single assembly kit. These challenging models can come in ...

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. – While most of the boats made these days are typically fiberglass, the beauty in wood simply can’t be beat. That’s the thought of the Traditional Small Craft Association in South ...

When he was 8 years old, Don Boehl loved to jump into big piles of sawdust. He and his father scavenged old wooden fruit boxes for white pine that could be made into World War I model planes. Boehl ...

WEBVTT AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IN THISSTORY HE DOESN'T EVEN USE AKIT.IN 1986 WE BUILT A HOUSE.I KNEW FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGI WANTED A MANHATTAN L WITH ABIG OLD BOAT MODEL ON THATMANTLE.AND THAT'S ...

Sailing the bay, unlike being stuck in traffic, is meant to be savored. Consequently, the boat you take on the open sea should be more evocative than any run-of-the-mill form of transportation used to ...

Can an age-old heritage survive or will it sink into memory? Our traditional wooden boat-building industry, an age-old craft is deeply embedded in the cultural and economic fabric of fishing towns ...