At half the price and significantly less maintenance, Roger O'Neill's wooden boat-fiberglass hull hybrid creates a luxury cruiser with the perks of recycling. O'Neill Craft started as a hobby so that ...

Cape Fear Community College will offer two new programs, surgical technology and fiberglass boat building, for students in the fall. The programs were started after businesses suggested the two ...

When I first stepped into the Maverick Boat Group’s P2 factory in Fort Pierce, Florida, the first thing I noticed was what was missing. In most other boatbuilding facilities I have visited, I’ve been ...

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Brunswick Corp. is expanding its partnership with Arkema to develop a fully recyclable fiberglass boat that integrates Arkema’s Elium liquid thermoplastic resin on all the vessel’s composite parts, ...

Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...

Sea Hunt Boat Co.’s Joel Moss sits inside an Ultra 235 SE fishing boat. The Columbia-based company is doing record sales after recovering from the recession. Gerry Melendez gmelendez@thestate.com ...

The boatbuilding firm Millennium Marine has had mostly success since it moved from New Brunswick to Eastport a year ago — so much so, that it plans to add 20 employees. Millennium Marine manufactures ...

GARDINER — When Southport Boats hits its stride this year in its new larger manufacturing space in South Gardiner, a new boat is expected to leave the facility every week. That pace is expected to ...

Holland’s boat-building heritage is highlighted in a new book by Geoffrey Reynolds, who is the Mary Riepma Ross Director of the Joint Archives of Holland at Hope College. “Boats Made in Holland: A ...

Todd Allmand started building boats in 1984 for his father’s business in Miami, Fla. Come September, he expects to resume building his specialty water taxis, which seat 35 or 49, in Hamilton.