Profiles of People and Boat Manufacturers

Inventors

That eureka moment

Look down in John F. Hollenbach’s Ericson 28 Plus, Pelican, and reflected in the deep, honey-thick varnish coating the cabin sole you see the love he has for this sailboat.

The 57-year-old contractor also loves gardening and often brings his favorite cut flowers — orange day lilies — on board. “I’d put them in Tupperware. Eventually, the day lilies would fall over, and the water and pollen would go over the cabin sole,” he says. This he did not love.

Death’s Door

There was no conversation in the saloon of the 44-foot cutter Sean Seamour II, where the crew had retreated to ride out the huge storm waves one spring night in 2007. A drogue had been deployed on more than 500 feet of line, and a reefed storm jib was keeping the bow pointing downwind.

Careers on the water

What boater hasn’t thought of turning his or her weekend passion into a career? The marine industry offers such a rich tapestry of niches and jobs and career paths that almost any talent, temperament, training or experience, nautical taste or interest can be woven into it somewhere. Be it in business or government, the opportunities to work on or around boats and the water are as diverse as the universe of boats, boaters and boating.

A lifetime of boats

The temperature on the morning of Oct. 31, 2007, was 28 degrees near Brooklin, Maine, not cold enough to freeze the water around Red Head, but enough of a chill to tell Ted Okie he should get out of town.

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