Laurie Schreiber
Boatbuilding Mecca
The Boothbay region with its cluster of small villages is home to a wonderful variety of boatbuilders.
Morris Yachts: Ranger
The M-Series line from Morris Yachts now includes the 42X supercharged performance sailboat.
Along the Waterfront
O’Hara Corporation is a classic example of a family-owned company thriving in a world of faceless multinational corporations. Headquartered in nondescript buildings on the Rockland, Maine, waterfront, the company’s seafood business reaches around the world.
John Williams Boat Company: Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe
John Williams Boat Company has plans for a fleet of Polynesian-style outrigger canoes and a racing club on Mt. Desert Island’s Somes Sound.
Brooklin Boat: Foggy
Brooklin Boat Yard in Maine built a high-end yacht designed by Frers with styling by world-famous architect Frank Gehry. The project was rewarding, but very complex.
Lake Effect
Richardson’s Boat Yard, a fixture on Sebago Lake, has been under the ownership of one family for almost a century.
Retro Ride
Shawn Grant sold his collection of vintage cars to buy an equally cool fleet of vintage boats. Today his Belgrade-based company is one of only a few places in the country where you can rent antique wooden boats for day trips.
Rays of Hope
<em>Sunbeam V</em>, a nondenominational, seaborne program of the Maine Sea Coast Mission, has been bringing fellowship and aid to people in need along the coast for more than a century. The mission was started by two brothers who sailed a small Friendship sloop to their island “parish.”
Homes - Pentagonal House
The geometric structure best suited to provide the most living space on a tiny lot is a pentagon.
