Arguably there are no two names more closely related to Pilot Boat design and construction in the United States than Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding and Ray Hunt Designs. Together the dynamic duo has ...

Feb. 4—BLOOMER — Bill Hable was 46 when he embarked on a project intended to fill his retirement with joy. The Bloomer resident, an engineer by trade, planned to build a 41-foot wooden schooner that ...

The schooner A.J. Meerwald arrived at Liberty State Park in Jersey City on Aug. 5, and visitors have been able to sail aboard the wooden vessel and experience sailing on local waterways. This coming ...

The 90-year-old boat wears her age well, having emerged from a 12-month refit last year with a complete mechanical overhaul. Weather Bird’s current owner bought the yacht 18 months ago. His two ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Discovery World's wooden schooner ship named "Denis Sullivan" will not sail this year. The large classroom ship will remain anchored for a third year in a row. "If you come by ...

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 ...

BAYFIELD -- Doug Hanson remembers getting hauled from the Twin Cities to Duluth as a teenager to see some sort of big sailing ship enter the harbor. "I don't remember how big it was, what year it was ...

ESSEX — Harold Burnham climbed to the loft of his boatbuilding barn, past a mess of tools and sawdust and sails and tackle, and pointed at his grandest idea yet. On the floor of the loft, Burnham has ...

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The wooden schooner was carrying lumber and bark when it capsized in Death's Door in 1881, then sank near Chambers Island while being towed.

The owner of a historic passenger schooner in Rockland said Monday he would end operations in October. “After long and careful consideration we have come to the difficult decision that 2022 will be ...