It’s probably a dream common to many groups of friends among the Hackaday readership: go away together to a sunny island some time in the summer, take a load of beer and maybe a BBQ, and build ...

As you likely know, it's the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when 160,000 Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, undertaking the largest from-the-sea invasion in the history of human warfare and ...

The only kinds of boats allowed in this race were made of duct tape and plywood. The Schooner Wharf Minimal Regatta took place in Key West, Florida, over Memorial Day Weekend. Participants were only ...

KEY WEST (CBSMiami/FKNB) – Imagine a soapbox derby race on water. Can you picture it? That's basically what went down at a wacky Memorial Day weekend regatta in Key West on Sunday. The Schooner Wharf ...

Earl Brockway, whose simple plywood boats were used around the world, died early Wednesday. Mr. Brockway, 78, was credited with designing and building sturdy boats that enabled even the poorest ...

I'm trying to figure out why I have spent the prettiest days of spring in my garage messing with fiberglass, plywood and epoxy instead of enjoying the sunshine. A 12-foot skiff is involved. It has ...

DAVID "Shorty" Routh, who once owned 15 sailboats at the same time, admits he can get downright obsessive about his lifelong hobby. But when the 35-year-old Routh announced plans to cruise aboard a ...