My grandson gave me a boat that sits on my desk. Its hull is a 3-inch block of scrap ... All of our carpentry was not confined to maritime construction. Tony’s fruit market stood at the corner ...

Our look at boatyards around the world continues, this time in the northeasternmost state of Maine, Nigel Sharp reports.

The technology involved in building a modern boat would be unrecognisable to those initial crews 173 years ago. Building the hull takes place in a giant oven - curing the resin which holds each ...