BLOOMER, Wisconsin — Editor's note: This story originally aired on KARE 11 in 2017. Both the article and video contain updated content. Bill Hable was still in his 40s when he settled on a grand plan ...
BLOOMER, Wis. – Bill Hable was still in his 40s when he settled on a grand plan for his retirement. He grabbed a chainsaw, cut down some trees and started building a boat. Hable figured the project ...
PORT TOWNSEND -- Dean Cummings and Marty Kemp spent most of the day working on the elegant curves of four floorboards so they would fit just so in the bottom of a skiff. "Four boards. All day. That's ...
The construction of the replica of Governor DeWitt Clinton’s 73′ packet boat – the boat that traversed the Erie Canal to take part in the Wedding of the Waters ceremony – is considered “a real Buffalo ...
With a hoarse rasp, the thin blade of a Dozuki handsaw slides back and forth through a slab of mahogany, shaping the wood into a gentle arc. The traditional Japanese saw cuts on the pull stroke, as ...
Although Xcelerator Boatworks may be a relative newcomer to the list of Carolina boatbuilders, the company’s new 64-footer is drawing lots of attention. Joel Kauffman, the 31-year-old owner of ...
Pat Ball, owner of the Sarasota homebuilding company Ball Construction Inc., first met legendary local boat maker George Luzier when he was just 12 years old. Ball encountered Luzier at the Sarasota ...