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 ...

HOMER — The Tolman skiff was designed in and for Kachemak Bay. Renn Tolman has built more than 100 since establishing the design in 1984 and sold more than 6,000 do-it-yourself books on the topic. The ...

Brooke Darmstadter hadn't done woodworking since a high school shop class, but this weekend she and her family built a boat, by hand, over just three days. Instead of tapping at smartphone screens, ...