When the Hinckley Co. was founded, in 1928 in Southwest Harbor, owner Henry Hinckley’s focus was on servicing the local lobster boats as well as the yachts of summer residents on Mount Desert Island.

Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...

Cape Fear Community College will offer two new programs, surgical technology and fiberglass boat building, for students in the fall. The programs were started after businesses suggested the two ...

DARTMOUTH — The last of Dartmouth's boat-building firms is alive and well at the end of Shipyard Lane, overlooking Padanaram Harbor. Well-known for five decades of producing a line of classic catboats ...

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Holland’s boat-building heritage is highlighted in a new book by Geoffrey Reynolds, who is the Mary Riepma Ross Director of the Joint Archives of Holland at Hope College. “Boats Made in Holland: A ...

Brunswick Corp. is expanding its partnership with Arkema to develop a fully recyclable fiberglass boat that integrates Arkema’s Elium liquid thermoplastic resin on all the vessel’s composite parts, ...

Last fall I was walking along a Long Island Sound beach with my eight-year old son looking at driftwood. He asked me if we could collect some driftwood to build something with. This was the latest in ...

The free event showcases various wood and fiberglass boats built by both CFCC students and local craftsmen.