The Hinckley Co.’s first fiberglass yacht, a Bermuda 40 sailboat, seen here in 1959. PHOTO / COURTESY THE HINCKLEY CO. When the Hinckley Co. was founded, in 1928 in Southwest Harbor, owner Henry ...

The pungent tang of fiberglass resin fills the air at a four-acre complex in Bellport that was once redolent with the aroma of baking Italian bread. The former site of a wholesale bakery founded by ...

Todd Allmand started building boats in 1984 for his father’s business in Miami, Fla. Come September, he expects to resume building his specialty water taxis, which seat 35 or 49, in Hamilton.

Even though there is still a substantial amount of wooden yacht construction and restoration out there, wooden hull construction has pretty much gone the way of the mastodonts. To find a new ...