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The Traditional Small Craft Association (TSCA) was founded 50 years ago as an outgrowth of the Small Craft Workshop founded in 1970.
On October 29, 2025, the 76′ Gokstad ship, built in the year 890 and excavated in 1880, was moved into a new wing of the Museum of the Viking Age.
The yard at Chantier Naval Borg was originally opened in 1956 by a family from Tunisia. It's one of France’s historic boatyards.
Our videos offer both brief, and in-depth, lessons in boatbuilding, seamanship, and related crafts; they also deliver inspiration in the series WoodenBoat Legends, which tours viewers through the world’s best wooden boats, and connection with WoodenBoat luminaries through the series WoodenBoat Live.
Basic boatbuilding: reading plans, hanging planks, interior joinery, and half models
The basics—and more: painting, tools, sparmaking, and wooden canoes
Join us for Season 3, starting with small shop tools.
Join us for Season 4, starting with refastening wooden hulls
Online Exclusives brings together the full breadth of the WoodenBoat experience—from Maritime Life & Traditions to Getting Started in Boats, Study Plans, and a growing collection of Digital Books. It’s a place to learn, explore, and keep building your knowledge, all in one place.
From the Archive offers a curated selection of articles from past issues of WoodenBoat—timeless stories, practical knowledge, and memorable boats brought back into view. It’s a chance to revisit the depth of the magazine and rediscover pieces worth reading again.
The early-20th-century transition from rowing craft to motor-driven boats in the upper Great Lakes.
On June 6, 2023, as we rounded North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras, the split backstay...
Tom Cunliffe has written 30 books ranging from histories to sailing manuals and cruising...
Leo Goolden's TALLY HO
River Thurne on the Norfolk Broads, England has an extensive network of conserved waterways...
In Part 1, Tom Hill breaks down the initial steps of building this Joel...
The author’s simple backrests, made of a two-layer lamination of steam-bent wood, are held...
ISLA, New York 32 No.10 (of a total of 20), was thoroughly rebuilt by...
Fowey River Boats are a one-design racing class that enjoyed a resurgence in 1991....
The combination of an accurate adjustable template (a so-called “chain gauge”), a compression strap,...
Joel White’s Flatfish design is a centerboard modification of the N.G. Herreshoff−designed Fish class.
Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway has recently launched hull No. 1 of its Marta...
The Naskeag 16 is an easily transported high-performance daysailer with a flat bottom panel,...
Delve into JF Bedard's sketchbook to learn more about electric-power in the marine world...
Explore the Bristol 27: a perfect blend of traditional design and modern features for...
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