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admin "Meet the Crew" and "Why Dutch Wharf" and News on January 11th, 2009

Reflections on Refinishing

Jimmy Carter turned off the lights in the White House – personally! Ronald Reagan delegated everything – even wars. Some said Nancy actually ran the country. Somewhere between Carter, the micro-manager, and Reagan, the eternal optimist is the sweet spot. As most successful managers know – the trick is to understand that which needs constant [...]

admin "Why Dutch Wharf" on December 11th, 2009

Coming Home

Thomas Wolfe famously wrote You Can’t Go Home Again, a novel wherein George Webber, his protagonist, has written a successful novel exposing the furtive secrets of his hometown. When he returns home he is shaken by the fury his story has unleashed in his family and long-time friends. Outcast, he thus begins a search for [...]

admin "Why Dutch Wharf" on November 11th, 2009

From a Shackle to a Refit

The day before Thanksgiving a gentleman, we’ll call him CG, strode into the yard unannounced. He was trying to locate a shackle for his twenty-five year old Cheoy Lee sloop. Now, we don’t maintain a ship’s store but we do have a supply of miscellaneous hardware that’s accumulated over the 55 years we’ve been in [...]

admin "Why Dutch Wharf" on October 11th, 2009