THE watery city of Venice has banned cars but one lucky driver traverses the town in a Ferrari – made out of WOOD. Livio De Marchi spent five months whittling a block of pine into a Ferrari F50 – an ...

One of Australia's oldest operating wooden boats has been given a new lease of life In south Australia. The Riverland boat has had several lives as a steamer, a ketch, a showboat and a paddleboat and ...

When X Shore first followed up its flagship Eelex 8000 electric boat with the smaller and more accessible X Shore 1, the move ...

If you like crafty projects and tinkering with mechanical parts, building models kits is probably one of your hobbies. It’s ...

pixdeluxe / Getty Images The word "yacht" often brings up an image of luxury living on a sleek boat in the sea. We don’t want to take the wind out of your sails, so to speak, but even a mountain ...

For example, a large luxury yacht can cost $15 million or more, while a base-model outboard speedboat may only cost about $20,000. If you want something basic for fishing, the average jon boat is ...

If you have the patience, skill, tools, budget, time, and passion, wood boat restoration can be a very rewarding endeavor. That’s a lot of “ifs,” and not everyone is up to the challenge. But if you ...

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) says it is moving towards phasing out wooden boats on inland waterways. The Managing Director of NIWA, Bola Oyebamiji, made this known to editors at ...

I consulted with a few professionals who told me I needed a boat low enough to fit under the bridges of France but powerful enough to cope with the Mediterranean Sea. At last, I dipped into my ...

What I like most about it is being on the river with Huck and Jim, messing around in boats and rafts. When I was very young, I had a toy sailboat with a 14-inch wooden hull, a dowel mast at least ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A local fisherman navigates past a boat carrying Rohingya refugees anchored in the waters near the coast of ...

A wooden spade from the Bronze Age has been unearthed by archaeologists in the UK. It is incredibly rare to find wooden artefacts preserved from so long ago. The spade offers a glimpse into life ...