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Last summer, during a Scout Troop sailing adventure on the Great Lakes, I learned a whole lot about wooden pleasure boats. That led to my article last August about the modern-day makers of these ...

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Ritchie Howell’s appreciation of sportfishing boats and how they perform began on the water. “I loved offshore fishing,” he said. “I was obsessed with it.” When Howell was living in Virginia Beach as ...

HOLLAND, MI -- When Captain Darryl Holtz hauls the Wine Seller III down the Lakeshore, he has to leave extra time at the gas pump. Not for fuel or snacks, but because he knows he’ll get a least a few ...

Pull up to a dock in a mahogany speedboat, burnished like a Stradivarius under layer upon layer of varnish, classic engine rumbling like far-off thunder, and you are connecting with a potent brand of ...

On a recent trip to Boyne City, Michigan, I had a chance to tour the factory of Van Dam Custom Boats, and to take rides in a pair of previously owned lake boats that were available for sale. I left ...

Pricey wooden boats—those once leaky, maintenance-hungry, floating mahogany works of art—are making a comeback. Last weekend's 41st Annual Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show in Hessel, Mich ...

Government help with its Superior infrastructure encouraged Fraser Shipyards to purchase a custom boat building business in Elk River, Minn., said Jim Korthals, chief operating officer for Fraser ...

My family has owned a Ford dealership since before the first World War, but when I was a kid, I loved boats most. Even after I took over the dealership and spent 40 years in the automotive business, I ...