A renowned model ship maker who has spent more than 50 years painstakingly recreating maritime legends says he'd rather 'drop dead in his workshop' than give up his dying craft. Philip Reed, 76, who ...

To quote author Arthur Ransome, "The desire to build a boat is the desire of youth, unwilling yet to accept the idea of a final resting place." Glenn Williams knows a bit about building boats ...

A French trading ship that sank in the 17th century with treasure onboard is being brought back to life in a workshop in Madagascar with every stroke of Rafah Ralahy's small wood sander. Ralahy, eyes ...

>> WE SAY IT’S LIKE YOGA. KIND OF LIKE, YOU JUST FOCUS, AND THREE HOURS GO BY LIKE THAT. BEN: ERIC BERTELSTEN AND HIS CREW OF FELLOW MODEL SHIP ENTHUSIASTS CAN SPEND HOUR, DAYS, AND EVEN YEARS WORKING ...

GRENOBLE, France—At just more than 41 feet long, with miniature anchors that really work and seating for two where the bridge ought to be, the replica of the Royal Caribbean International’s Voyager of ...

Ronald M. Roberti, a commercial airline pilot whose fascination with the mechanical world began with building and flying model airplanes as a child and ended in retirement with construction of ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s been just about a year since the US Navy commissioned the newest of six ships named in honor of the City of Savannah, the USS Savannah LCS-28. The Littoral Combat Ship was ...

HEFEI－Wearing a mask and gloves, Wu Pei, 65, carefully worked the wooden steps on the scale model of the famed Swedish warship Vasa with a file and then polished them with emery paper. "The middle ...