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OLD-SCHOOL GENTLEMAN

Thanks for the fine article on Jock Williams of Hall Quarry (“A Charmed Boating Life,” December 2022). He is a Maine legend if ever there was one. Jock is a superb craftsman whose word is his bond, and he keeps his customers forever.

I first met him decades ago, when I brought my boat to his yard for service. He looked at my to-do list, thought for a few

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