Is This the Boat of Tomorrow?

Thomaston, Maine, is equal parts peaceful and bone-chilling cold in the winter. Without a thaw in sight, tourism all but shutters, and only locals are left, trudging down the town’s main street, bundled up against the cold. From the outside, Lyman-Morse appears quiet as well. Inside their oversized barn-style doors, however, is another world entirely.

Some 200 years ago, wooden schooners were built at the Lyman-Morse site. The hard-won craftsmanship and carpentry skills from that era have undoubtedly been absorbed into the DNA of the current workforce.

When many, myself included, think of Lyman-Morse, images of striking, classically styled sailboats and motoryachts come to mind. That’s fair enough—custom yachts like the Hood 57 LM are very much the builder’s calling card. Under the leadership of Drew Lyman, however,