Even to the most stalwart do-it-yourselfer, the idea of building a boat may seem daunting. After all, the traditional boatbuilding arts — lofting, steam-bending planks, joining lapstrake, etc. — ...

The Annapolis Maritime Museum’s Box of Rain Build-a-Boat program, teaching area youth to construct a boat from a Chesapeake Light Craft kit, kicked off in January and will run through March.

Clint Chase, from Saco, Maine, knows how to make a really great boat. “The first thing I do is design a really fantastic boat, and then I figure out how to kit it,” he says, in the video above.

Making a model boat kit is not just great fun, it can improve a kid’s coordination and can also be educational. Of course, model boats aren’t just for children. Complex models give hours of pleasure ...

In this February 2012 image released by Jessica Glazer, Nick Offerman, who plays Ron Swanson on NBC's "Parks & Recreation," stands next to one of two canoes he built as shown in his Woodworking Studio ...

It’s almost lake season. And you know what that means. Yep, better stock up on beer, sunscreen, more beer and a couple fishing poles. And then probably something buoyant so you don’t drown. Learn your ...