Making a model boat kit is not just great fun, it can improve a kid’s coordination and can also be educational. Of course, model boats aren’t just for children. Complex models give hours of pleasure ...

Paul Reck has been surrounded by boats for as long as he can remember. Growing up in the coastal town of Fairfield, Connecticut, he starting sailing as a child and was just 12 years old when he built ...

It’s not a lost art, because the Giesler family never really stopped building small wooden pleasure craft. Once the norm in boat building in decades past, other firms building wooden boats moved on to ...