In 1961, George Pocock’s son Stan built the first fiberglass rowing boat called a wherry. Though the wooden shells of George Pocock’s time are still well-loved classics, most standard shells ...

Rowing boats in a tourist hotspot that look like they have sunk are in fact being prepared for the tourist season. Every year the wooden rowing boats are submerged in Windermere to allow for a ...

A hand-built wooden rowing boat has been found in Norway six months after it was abandoned off Land's End during an attempted Transatlantic crossing. Duncan Hutchison, from Lochinver, spent three ...

"Hopefully it floats." Wooden Boat Challenge participants have four hours to construct a boat. Then, they compete with their boats in a rowing race. This year, three boats were constructed under ...

An Isle of Wight gig rowing club has announced plans for a fundraising campaign to restore its historical boat and get more new members on board.