CAMBRIDGE — “The Art of Model Boat Building” premiered in the galleries at the Dorchester Center for the Arts on March 4. This exhibition features area modelers who will display and discuss their work ...

Which model boat kits are best? Building model boats is a great way for hobbyists of any age to learn patience, engineering and dexterity in a single assembly kit. These challenging models can come in ...

For 90-year-old Bud Parks, building model boats is more than just a hobby. "It's been a lifesaver for me," says Parks, a widower whose wife, Mackie, died in 2020. Mark Kennedy is a veteran columnist.

A woman quit teaching to build incredible, seaworthy replicas of historic wooden boats. Gail McGarva spends up to nine months at a time constructing her historically accurate and functioning ...

There are about a dozen yacht clubs on Lake Winnipesaukee, but none like the Back Bay Skippers. The Skippers is a model yacht club whose members build, sail and race radio-controlled model boats — and ...

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Raymond Daughtry Jr. served in the Korean War. A history buff, he has made model battleships including one of the U.S.S. Arizona, which was sunk at Pearl Harbor. By James Barron Good morning. It’s ...

Gail McGarva quit her teaching job to build boats full-time. (Katielee Arrowsmith via SWNS) By Elizabeth Hunter A woman quit teaching to build incredible, seaworthy replicas of historic wooden boats.