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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Acquires Historic Camden Company Wayfarer Marine Corporation

Thomaston, Camden, Maine - With this purchase, Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marine will now have the advantage of the infrastructure, expertise, reputation, and culture of Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding. Both yards are situated in two of the most historic boatbuilding/boatyard towns in New England of Thomaston and Camden, Maine.

“We are very excited about joining the two crews to create a most talented group of marine experts,” said Drew Lyman, President of Lyman-Morse. “Wayfarer’s customers will benefit in a big way through economies of scale and access to Lyman-Morse’s depth of expertise and resources including our boatbuilding pedigree, Lyman-Morse Fabrication, our CNC machining department, and Lyman-Morse Technologies. In addition, we recognize the benefits of having our name front and center in Camden, Maine, a place that for more than a century has been a destination harbor in the yachting world. We love the synergy of tying the two businesses together to create an even stronger world-class destination yard.”

 Lyman-Morse was started by Cabot and Heidi Lyman in 1978 after their world travels in the 60s and 70s and is now captained by their son Drew Lyman. Drew grew up in the marine industry and circumnavigated with his family on a Lyman-Morse built 49’ sailboat from 1987 to 1990.

Building on the historic 100-year-old Morse Boatbuilding Yard, Lyman-Morse has built over 100 of