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 ...

When it comes to the rowing, a wood boat is heavier and more cumbersome, and thus more difficult to propel through the water. But when it comes to the history, it doesn’t get much better than being in ...

Norfolk, Va. – Eighth graders from Sail Nauticus Academy tested out wooden row boats they built completely by themselves. The Sail Nauticus Academy is a year long after-school program that involves ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats ...

A small flotilla of classic boats filled the Tahoe Keys Marina for the eighth year in a row Friday and Saturday. More than 60 boats, including several from the Tahoe Maritime Museum, occupied the ...

Rowing boats in a tourist hotspot that look like they have sunk are in fact being prepared for the tourist season. Every year the wooden rowing boats are submerged in Windermere to allow for a ...

HULL — Almost 200 rowers will scramble across the beach to their colorful wooden boats at Windmill Point during the Hull Lifesaving Museum’s 39th annual Snow Row at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at ...