ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- John Harris knows exactly how quirky his company is. Businesses that sell boats are all over the place, especially around the Chesapeake Bay. But a business that sells ...

These made to order $950 kits will allow you to build your very own mini boat at home. American company Rapid Whale has created "Mini Boat," a miniature boat measuring 6ft in length and around 50kg in ...

There they were, one with a boat-building business and one wanting to hold a boat-building class. Would they ever connect, or would they simply pass like ships in the night? Of course they would get ...

PORT ARANSAS — It was the summer of 2016 and newly retired gas industry executive Patrick Doran was living in Port Aransas, looking for something to fill his time. One day he happened upon the Farley ...

On the Chesapeake Bay, the summertime months are made for cruising. From the crisp mornings of late spring through the hazy evenings of August, a boat on the bay is the place to be. And how better to ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. Several states away from here, a tractor trailer load of Styrofoam buoyancy billets floats in Chesapeake Bay in Alexandria, Virginia. The material, donated by The Dow Chemical Company, ...

Marcy Consalvo was 9 when his parents gave him a boat-building kit. More than 70 years later, he is still building boats, from clipper ships to Gloucester schooners, and for 20 years he’s been helping ...

Lawrence Cheek was an El Paso kid and Tucson writer, and the last thing on his mind when wife Patty was transferred to Seattle in 1995 was building his own sailboat. First the couple tried kayaking at ...

Boat builder Jerome Canning stands next to two wooden punts. He built the one on his right by hand, while the boat on the left is a recreation of the boat on the right made through computer-aided ...

EDISTO BEACH — The builders knew nothing about boats. They learned to measure, hammer, drill and saw. They cut, framed, planked and sealed plywood, cypress and fir. On Friday they launched an ...