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YARD PROFILE: Schooner Creek

competitive bene ts, includ-

ing health insurance, PTO,

and 401(k).”

Currently there are about

40 on the crew. Flanigan says

he tries to keep the number

under 50.  e yard runs two full teams,

one for service and one for construc-

tion. “It’s challenging to make that bal-

ance,” he says. “You don’t want to stop

service to go on to build or stop build

to go on to service. You’ve got to protect

work together as a team.  ey help

each other.  ey don’t let each other

down.”

“We have very little turnover,” Flan-

igan says, “People enjoy working here.

It’s a family atmosphere. We have very

Hughes, M&M, and Wylie have

referred a lot of clients.”

Flanigan: “New construction and

repairwork are largely word of mouth.

We advertise locally and support a lot

of the yacht clubs in town as well as

their racing. We have a strong pres-

ence in the Portland marketplace. For

repairwork and maintenance we

believe there are not a lot of other

options. As for new construction, we’ve

got work for more than two years, and

Steve is roughing out the next build.”

Crew

Pascal Le Guilly, a Frenchman who

started at the yard painting bottoms, is

now an American citizen and the gen-

eral manager. “We use many of the

same materials as other shops,” he

says, “but the crew Kevin put together

makes a huge di erence. Doesn’t mat-

ter if it’s 100° or cold and snowy out-

side, they show up every day. And they

Working on the designer’s

speci cations to stiffen the

structure, project manager

Adam Blankinship wets out

carbon  ber reinforcements

added to the cabintop

before the  nal layer of  ber-

glass is applied.

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