Michael Terry Resume – Classic Yacht Restorations

As owner and operator, I am confident that my over 40 years of experience in the marine trades will be of great benefit to your next boat project. I apprenticed in Tacoma, WA in the early 1970′s under the tutelage of Joe Trumbly, the renowned boatbuilding instructor at LH Bates Voc Tec Institute. I returned home to Connecticut in 1974 and took employment as a carpenter and rigger at Essex Boat Works for 10 years. Major credits include: lofting and constructing the 24′ Benford designed Friendship sloop “Prelude”; 1975-1979 ownership and maintenance of “Halcyon”, the 45′ Stadel wooden gaff rigged schooner built 1965; 1979-1996 ownership and maintenance of “Tomahawk”, the 48′ S&S yawl built in 1938.

Following my years in Essex, I went on to manage businesses which included yacht sales, marine parts distribution, inventory control, and warehousing. I founded Classic Yacht Restorations in 2001 to fill a void in low cost service yacht service for Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Classic Yacht Restorations provides the following services to you:

Repairs, alterations, and maintenance of wood and fiberglass pleasure boats.

Skilled in traditional plank-on-frame boatbuilding, lofting, joinery, spar building, cabinetry, decks, caulking, rot repair, hatch and companionway building and design, and interior alterations.

Management services include annual fitting out and commissioning for both sail and power.

Pre-purchase inspection services

Brokerage & delivery services.

Project consultation.

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