Rick Willett, 53, of Essexville, entrusts Hubbard to repair or maintain Willett's 43-foot-long wooden motor yacht once owned by the late Bay County boatbuilder Les Staudacher.

This month, two legendary wooden yachts — and Transpac veterans — Chubasco, or “Chubby,” and Ragtime Rags, are both getting offseason beauty treatments and are side-by-side in Messano’s ...

The yacht is a classic 115-foot four-berth wooden motor yacht that spent nine decades sailing around the UK and in the Mediterranean, even venturing Transatlantic to the US.

No, they countered at $3,500, settled for $2,500, and Thomas was the owner of a 1928 Lake Union Dream Boat, a classic, 42-foot wooden motor yacht with a high bow longer than the hood of a ’59 ...

Hodgdon Yachts, a boat and yacht builder based in East Boothbay, was founded in 1816. Employee Chip Haggett constructs half models, which were previously used as a sort of blueprint for boat makers.

The usual mega-yachts, some 160 feet long, appeared. But this was a day to pay homage to small boats, specifically antique boats, which drew the largest applause from old yachtsmen and boat craftsmen.

This 15 centuries old boat-building tradition of Beypore in Kerala is not a robust one anymore. But hearteningly, it is still thriving under the expertise and w ...

OXNARD, Calif.-The McNish Classic Yacht Race set sail for the 48th time. Relatives of the race's namesake Dick McNish crewed on his yacht name Cheerio II.