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 ...

When I first stepped into the Maverick Boat Group’s P2 factory in Fort Pierce, Florida, the first thing I noticed was what was missing. In most other boatbuilding facilities I have visited, I’ve been ...

The pungent tang of fiberglass resin fills the air at a four-acre complex in Bellport that was once redolent with the aroma of baking Italian bread. The former site of a wholesale bakery founded by ...

HAMPDEN, Maine — Two years after it began manufacturing Puffin dinghies at its facility overlooking the Penobscot River, Hamlin’s Marine’s Puffin Boats LLC last week inked a contract to build ...

PORT CLINTON - Every once in a while, an older gentleman — one of the many locals who once worked at the former Matthews Boat Company — will wander into Weatherly Boat Works and ask owner Wes Blazer ...