A man has been rescued by a cruise ship after his homemade boat capsized during his bid to cross the Pacific Ocean. Tom Robinson, 24, from Brisbane, Australia, said his wooden boat flipped over when ...

Fans of wooden boats often call crafting their handmade vessels a labor of love. For Walter Hackman, 80, of Bakersfield, having his 55-foot, 40-ton Chinese junk built in a small shipyard in a rural ...

The Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival returns this month to the banks of the Tchefuncte River, and with it comes a stream of poignant memories for some festivalgoers, and a weekend packed with ...

If you think the east coast is better than the west, you’ve failed the ultimate Swiss litmus test: the ability to identify discreet luxury. Sure, the show-pony Gold Coast has beautiful sunsets and ...

Somewhere along the way, Rinker Buck decided to live his adulthood differently. His 2015 book "The Oregon Trail" chronicled his epic 2011 journey along the route in a covered wagon. In 2016, Buck ...

Hand-made wooden boats are displayed for sale at an open-air marketplace in Manikganj district, some 63 km northwest of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 4, 2021. Water transportation is still an ...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A group of 26 Cubans on a homemade wooden boat were granted temporary refuge in the Cayman Islands when bad weather interrupted their quest to seek ...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) - A group of 26 Cubans on a homemade wooden boat were granted temporary refuge in the Cayman Islands when bad weather interrupted their quest to seek exile in the ...

A rower has been rescued off the coast of Land’s End after attempting a solo trip across the Atlantic in a homemade boat. Duncan Hutchison set off from New York in May on his 3,500-mile journey to ...