b'P erformance. Warmth. Practical. Lively. A boat can be built out of any one of a variety of materials, each imparting its own unique qualities to the end product. For the team at Scarano Boat Building, they have built out of several materials from aluminum to steel yet find themselves coming back to wood time after time. They return to the medium where their boat building journey began for its high performance, its warm aesthetics, the practical lower maintenance, the lively feel of a wooden boat cutting through the water. 37 OCTOBER 2025'