On a bright and clear summer day, Jeff Garnsey is making his way along the St. Lawrence River in his antique wooden boat, Goat Locker. She’s a 32-foot-long sea skiff made by Trojan in 1969. Wooden ...
HESSEL — A one-day antique wooden boat show is set to return to the Upper Peninsula's Les Cheneaux Islands after a one-year, pandemic induced hiatus. The Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show ...
The latest yachts and cargo vessels dazzle us with their design innovations and incredible capabilities, but this doesn’t mean that we should forget all about the forefathers of these modern boats.
Wooden boats aren’t in museums in Northern Michigan’s Les Cheneaux Islands, home of the first Chris Craft dealership in the world, they live on the water. Within the hidden bays and intimate ...
As with classic-car connoisseurs, vintage-boat collectors tend to focus on specific periods, seeking out the most iconic models from favored decades. “We’ve found the ‘age window’ is about 30 years,” ...
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 ...
Tom Danford stands on his 1963 Lyman boat, the Two Score. Antique wooden boats from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society will be docked Sept. 29-31 at Marietta Harbor.
The Michigan Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society will host its 39th annual Algonac Antique and Classic Boat Show on June 22. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Algonac ...
FAIR HAVEN - Dozens of old wooden boats that were once forgotten relics of the past were finally afloat and on display again at Fair Haven's Pleasant Beach Hotel Sunday. Hotel owner Bonnie Scoville ...
This video shows why this old wood boat means everything to me, sharing the sentimental story, memories, and experiences tied to it, featuring the craftsmanship, history, and personal moments that ...