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PORT TOWNSEND — When he was 4 years old, Dan Newland started building model airplanes, the kind with plastic parts you punch out and snap together. By the time he was in grade school, he had graduated ...

Which model boat kits are best? Building model boats is a great way for hobbyists of any age to learn patience, engineering and dexterity in a single assembly kit. These challenging models can come in ...

WEBVTT AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IN THISSTORY HE DOESN'T EVEN USE AKIT.IN 1986 WE BUILT A HOUSE.I KNEW FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGI WANTED A MANHATTAN L WITH ABIG OLD BOAT MODEL ON THATMANTLE.AND THAT'S ...

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Sailing the bay, unlike being stuck in traffic, is meant to be savored. Consequently, the boat you take on the open sea should be more evocative than any run-of-the-mill form of transportation used to ...

CHATHAM -- As thick fog enshrouds a long, weathered pier, an old salt in a yellow slicker climbs aboard a 47-foot ketch with a keel of Douglas fir. Beside him a metal marine railway extends out of ...

Erwin Stevenson’s Chaska basement is a testament to his affinity for hobbies. There are collections of wooden toy train engines, model airplanes and even rockets scattered about. But the collection ...

HOLLAND, MI -- When Captain Darryl Holtz hauls the Wine Seller III down the Lakeshore, he has to leave extra time at the gas pump. Not for fuel or snacks, but because he knows he’ll get a least a few ...

Can an age-old heritage survive or will it sink into memory? Our traditional wooden boat-building industry, an age-old craft is deeply embedded in the cultural and economic fabric of fishing towns ...