PORT HADLOCK — A group of shipwrights went back in time over the weekend as they learned boat-building techniques used in the 11th century by Vikings. “This may be the first time that Viking ...

VISTAVISTA — Some carpentry buffs spend their retirement years building birdhouses, furniture or jewelry boxes. Tom Kottmeier had bigger plans. The 76-year-old San Marcos resident has spent much of ...

For the past couple of years in the town of Branford, two shipwrights have been building a full-scale reproduction of a Viking Age fishing vessel. The 12th century replica recently launched from Stony ...

For decades, Thomas Kottmeier has been driven by one obsession: to build a wooden replica Viking ship. He thought about it, studied, practiced, talked about it with his family at dinners, and found ...

ROSKILDE, Denmark — For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Europe to spread trade, influence and sometimes war across seas and continents. In December, the UN’s ...