Elk Rapids Marina is one of two dealers in the U.S. offering the French-made amphibious boat, the Iguana Yacht. A track ...

but wooden boats do maintain their value better than the ski, pontoon and fishing boats of today." He said a no-frills 1950s Chris-Craft can cost $20,000 to $30,000. Antique boats from the 1920s ...

Terry and Sue Hart took their 1961 Chris-Craft ski boat out for a run on Lake of the Ozarks on a recent weekday. Terry collects and restores vintage wooden boats. Brent Frazee [email protected] ...

Water skiing got its start in the summer of 1922, when Ralph Samuelson rode two wooden skis on Lake Pepin in Minnesota. The world’s first water skier received a tow from a low-powered inboard boat, ...

owned and operated the Lee Water Ski School along the Intracoastal Waterway just north of Miami Beach, Florida. As a passionate water-skier and coach, Bentz was dissatisfied with the boats they used, ...

and trailered the wooden craft to Colorado, later selling it to Rom Nellis, who then sold it to Carmack. Another boat Tordoff restored is a 1957 Chris Craft Ski Boat, now owned by his son ...

There’s something undeniably special about classic wooden boats. With their timeless beauty, intricate craftsmanship, and ...

QUESTION: Some ski boats have a pole to which the ski rope ... Although faded, the vinyl has held up better than the wood and the staples. What is the best type of seat to buy?

It took a labor of love — and plenty of determination and patience — to transform a rickety 1959 wooden ski boat into something that admirers now fawn over. The Salem, S.C., resident displayed ...

Jan Rozendaal’s passion for wooden boats led to him to buy and restore ... and then came to Vermont to ski in 1964. He settled in the Burlington area to practice law, but found law “boring.” ...