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Our Thirtieth Yea r w w w.lymanmorse.com • 207-354-6904 HOB NOB - Seguin 44 HODIMAR L to R:Rod Stephens,Cabot, BLUE DOLPHIN – Don Kipp Hull #1 Russ Goldsmith Goldsmiths Th i rt y Yea r s of Bui l d i n g In 1978 the old Morse Boat- from Neil Bond and Frank Simon cruising boats in history and building Company was closing, we started development and we were proud to be part of it. but when I approached Roger planning for the Lyman-Morse Hinckley, Cambria, Little Harbor Morse about renting the old Seguin 44 series. and Alden were all successfully building I found that he had Fortunately, we hit the mar- building high-end 44’s that were already contracted with Clayton ket at just the right time as the all exceptionally well rounded Ewing and Porter Schutt cruiser/racers. to finish their Jarvis Although the plan ”The era starting from Newman 46 hulls using was for Neil and Frank that facility. With Roger’s to build a 44 for them- the late 70’s to the encouragement I contact- selves, they never did, ed Clayton and Porter to but given their faith in discuss my plans, and us, as well as financial mid 80’s produced with agreement from all support, we were still parties proceeded to pur- able to launch the chase the land and build- project. Our hard work some of the finest ings, and assume the con- soon paid off when tracts to build DYNA and Mitch Neff from EGRET. Sparkman & Stephens cruising boats in history As it turned out, arrived at the yard with Clayton was a blue-water Bob and Roberta medal winner, Commo- Schmidt, two extraordi- and we were proud dore of both the New nary people, who York Yacht Club and signed up for hull #1 Cruising Club of America. and the Sequin 44 class to be part of it.” Along with his close went from dream to friend, Porter, they were reality. willing to trust me, as Not only were we a fledgling Maine boat- lucky to have the builder, with their proj- Schmidts and Mitch as ects. friends, but Rod What a great way to From left: Cabot Lyman and JB Turner Stephens took a liking start a business! Before I to the project and knew it, we had completed four boatbuilding industry was transi- became my mentor. Rod spent of these lobster boat conver- tioning from custom work to pro- lots of time with us at the yard sions, but through numerous duction work in an effort to and in our home. We have fond conversations with potential lower cost and appeal to a larger memories of Rod always arriving clients also realized that the market. for dinner with a second pair of marketplace was not offering The era starting from the shoes — “to be worn inside the any quality high-end sail boats late 70’s to the mid 80’s house,” he would say — where in a certain size range. With help produced some of the finest he would sit in a straight backed Channel Markers • 1978. Three of us are still here from day one — Jim Bailey, Dick Benner and myself. • Started with eight employees, dropped to four, now have 204 after passing 200 in the Fall of ’07. • 1978. Launched EGRET and DYNA — Jarvis 1987 CHEWINK launching NO SLIP III launching 1994 Newman 46’s, our first boats and the start of a long run of lobster boat hulls finished as yachts (PASTIME, BOUNDER, KOAN, CATHERINE MINOT, to name a few). • 1980. Purchased “1 Water Street” and secured our first deep water frontage. • 1981. Launched HOB NOB — this started the Seguin 44 series leading to 15 of the 44s, five Dreams of the Seguin 40s, and three of the Seguin 49s — CHEWINK, FINBACK, NARNIA. • 1984. Purchased the upper yard from the bank — chair, drink only milk, and end special, but no one ever said it almost nine acres. up on the floor playing with our would be easy. • 1987 – 1990. CHEWINK does a circumnavigation. three sons. In the boatyard he The Seguin 44’s put us on • 1988 – 1991. RAINBOW circumnavigates the could often be seen climbing the map as we produced fifteen wrong way around. hand over hand up a mast to very customized boats that are • 1990. ASANTE was launched starting a run of check something out. still in extremely good condition powerboats with C. Raymond Hunt that included, About this time the industry and traveling far and wide. The SEA CHASE, AXEL D, NO SLIP, and MUGSY. started changing from bulk many miles under their keels are • 1990. Purchased the 60 ton Brownell trailer. fiberglass to engineered compos- a testament to the quality of this • 1990 – 1993. FINBACK circumnavigates. ites, from simple woodwork to design. We know where they all • 1991. Purchased the old Wallace building adding more sophisticated joinery, with are and talk with the owners reg- new machinery and systems ularly — a great treat for all of to our waterfront capabilities. being designed daily. What an us. We found SCRIMSHAW this • 1992. Stuart Farnham arrives to put our service exciting time to be a young boat- year in California after 25 years yard in order with Don Black. builder and with just Dick off our radar. She is in good • 1995. Purchased the Renaissance building, by the Benner, myself, and Jim Bailey hands. bridge, in time for the TUMBLEHOME project. doing the heavy lifting, we were As the the ’90s rolled • 1996. Building #7 erected, adding needed space suddenly looking at a two- year around we were reaching a size for the service yard. backlog. As luck would have it, where more expertise in com- • 1997. TUMBLEHOME is launched and soon after some very exceptional employ- posites, computer systems, and MAGPIE, WOMBAT, ACADIA, and recently ees — many of whom are still electronics would be required. ELECTRA. with us — began to arrive who We also needed to pay attention • 1999. WINDWALKER II is launched and sets were flexible, talented and dedi- to our growing service business cated. Don (Crow) Black, Bill and Stuart Farnham came to a new standard of finish that leads to Belyea, Alan Chambers, Kenny work in 1992 to help us do just WHIZZBANG, AMELIA and FAIRWEATHER. H y l e r, Jay Stein, Roy Lupien, that. JB Turner arrived in ‘98 and • 1999. JB takes over as the managing partner. Paul Storer, and Charlie Quimby quickly introduced more excep- • 1999. Heidi and I are outward bound on were the core of this eclectic tional people into an already CHEWINK heading for the Pacific via Panama. hard working group. Heidi and good team and helped us stay on • 1999. Building #8 built to expand the fiberglass Deb Kent took care of the office, the cutting edge of quality and shop and add space for service yard storage. and customers loved us. engineering. • 2005. Installed the new 110 ton travel lift. Working with this great group I’ve often been asked, • 2006. BARAKA is launched — our first all carbon was certainly never boring. “What’s it like to build boats in sail boat with lifting keel and breakaway speed. Maine has turned out to be, Maine,” and after thirty years in • 2006. Moved into the new “BIG” building — perhaps, the finest place in the the business have come to real- country to find exceptional and ize that it’s all about dedicated what a change! dedicated people to work with. workers, making new friends, • 2007. ELECTRA is launched — our biggest project The work ethic here is simply and having fun doing something to date. unsurpassed. Maybe it’s their you love. • 2007. The Rodgers’62’Catamaran project is self-reliance, independence and It is truely remarkable how started — our first all carbon Catamaran. stubbornness that makes them fast thirty years have gone by. • 2007. New building #11 commissioned. LM 70 19 17 12 37 1 SCHUTT, PORTER 1979 JARVIS NEWMAN 46 EGRET 2 EWING,CLAYTON 1979 JARVIS NEWMAN 46 DYNA 3 KIPP, DONALD 1980 WEBBERS COVE 40 BLUE DOLPHIN 4 BISSEL,FRANK 1980 JARVIS NEWMAN 46 NELLIE 27 5 LYMAN, WARREN 1980 FREYA 39 RUBICON 6 SCHMIDT, ROBERT 1981 SEGUIN 44 HOB NOB 7 GOLDSMITH,RUSSELL 1982 SEGUIN 44 HOOLIMAR 8 CABOT, LOUIS 1982 SEGUIN 44 YONDER 9 STRAWN,DUANE 1982 SEGUIN 44 WINDWALKER 10 ARMSTRONG, ROBERT 1983 SEGUIN 44 ALERT 11 MAYNARD, JOHN 1983 SEGUIN 44 MAGIC 33 12 NELSON,BILL 1983 SEGUIN 44 GALAVANT 13 HOUSE,JIM 1983 SEGUIN 44 SCRIMSHAW 14 BARTLETT, JOHN 1983 SEGUIN 44 FLIRT 15 PITNEY, JIM 1984 SEGUIN 44 FIRST LIGHT 16 TULLOS, HUGH 1984 SEGUIN 44 ENVY 17 GILMAN,FRED 1984 SEGUIN 44 BUTTERFLY 28 18 LIND, PETER 1984 SEGUIN 44 RAINBOW 19 KEENAN,BURT 1985 FRERS 49 ACADIA 20 WEINMAN,MICHAEL 1985 HOOD 55 JANMAR 21 GREGORY, DAN 1986 WALTERS 48 LYRA 22 CRANE, DAVID 1985 SEGUIN 40 NIKI 23 WEINBRECHT, JIM 1986 SEGUIN 40 OUTER LIMITS 46 24 POOR,SHEP 1986 SEGUIN 40 CEPHEUS 25 BROWN,GEORGE 1986 SEGUIN 40 HERON 26 DAVIS, RICHARD 1987 SEGUIN 44 CHERUB 27 LYMAN, CABOT 1987 SEGUIN 49 CHEWINK 28 BOND, NEIL 1987 HUNT 42 POSEIDON 29 TRIMINGHAM,ELDON 1987 BERMUDA DINGHY 12 CHALLANGER 7 31 TOMPKINS,STEVE 1988 JARVIS NEWMAN 46 BOUNDER 31 PINCHOT, GIFFORD 1988 SEGUIN 44 LARK 32 VISHER, PAUL 1988 SEGUIN 49 NARNIA II 33 MOORE,WILLIAM 1989 JARVIS NEWMAN 46 BEESWING 34 URBAHN,ERIC 1990 SEGUIN 49 FINBACK 35 TRIMINGHAM,ELDON 1990 BERMUDA DINGHY 12 VICTORY 53 36 UNDERHILL, TONY 1990 HUNT 52 ASANTE 37 CHASE, COCHRANE 1991 HUNT 47 SEA CHASE IV 38 JOHNSON, BRUCE 1991 JOHNSON 20 ARIEL 39 SHOTWELL,ED 1991 HUNT 37 SOWANGAN 40 IRELAND, R.L.