Sometimes a career can be launched by a simple twist of fate — or by an old guy named Jeep. After graduating from St. Bernard’s High School in St. Paul in 1965, Tom Sweeney joined the U.S. Coast Guard ...

Antique- and classic-boat restoration captures the joy of the boating culture. John Tiger It's no secret that boats are, in today's parlance, hella expensive. You can spend well over $50,000, $100,000 ...

EXCELSIOR, Minn. — An old steamboat left on the bottom of Lake Minnetonka nearly 100 years ago is ready to sail again, after an exhaustive effort to bring her back to former glory. Tom Sweeney and his ...