About

I’ve developed a variety of complementary skills and interests over the past twenty-odd years. During college at the University of New Hampshire, I studied resource economics and art and started working in house carpentry and timber framing. I also got a Labrador retriever that loved to go duck hunting.

Searching for a hunting boat led me to New Hampshire master builders Bud McIntosh and Dave Dupee, and in New Jersey, Sam Hunt. These men inspired me to build my own boat and to join the Apprenticeshop boatbuilding school, then in Rockport, Maine.

I love Maine and working with wood and so made a place for myself as a general contractor and custom craftsman. I design, build, and renovate houses and barns with modern stick- or traditional timber-frame construction. I restore classic yachts and construct new vessels of all sizes. Some of my favorite projects have been replicating the catboat Tordzus for the Hall family, creating a period dream kitchen for our home, and building my own Herreshoff rowboat.

As for that Labrador retriever who steered me to find my passion, he broke my heart when he didn’t live forever. I stopped hunting and started painting again. It helped me deal and celebrate, still does.

Please explore the website to view some of my work. My recent projects include the restoration of the Francis Kinney-design sailboat Santa Maria now named Gesture, restoring an old barn on Main Street in Thomaston, and new construction of a home in Hope. I’m happy to discuss any future projects you have in mind–call, email, or stop by the shop and meet my new dog, Sunny!