In the summer of 1974, Sam Devlin was working on a tugboat in Alaska when he read the first issue of Wooden Boat Magazine. He was immediately entranced. “I couldn’t shake the image of that wooden boat ...

The pungent tang of fiberglass resin fills the air at a four-acre complex in Bellport that was once redolent with the aroma of baking Italian bread. The former site of a wholesale bakery founded by ...

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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 ...

At first blush, the entry by Lund boats of New York Mills, Minn., into the fiberglass boat market after a generations-long love affair with aluminum would seem to be counter-intuitive, at least in the ...

When I first stepped into the Maverick Boat Group’s P2 factory in Fort Pierce, Florida, the first thing I noticed was what was missing. In most other boatbuilding facilities I have visited, I’ve been ...