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In 1947, Bob Derecktor founded a shipyard in Mamaroneck, N.Y., Dereck-tor Shipyards It is still operating today - 75 years after it opened. The company has had its ups and downs. It's Bridgeport, Conn., yard filed for Chapter 11 protection twice between 2008 and 2012. But today, the company operates three new construction and repair shipyards-its headquarters and new commercial construction base in Mamaroneck, N.Y., its large-yacht repair facility in Dania Beach, Fla., and its newest yard in Fort Pierce, Fla., designed specifically for megayachts. (Derecktoralso ownsa full service yacht yard and marina in Robinhood, Maine.) Derecktor's Mamaroneck yard built the 63'×21.3'hybrid aluminum catamaran Capt. Ben Moore for Harbor Harvest. The freight hauler was one of WorkBoat's Significant Boats of 2019. "The yard in Fort Pierce has been doing a lot of repair work on Bahaman utility boats," said John Koenig, Derecktor's director of communications. "Yes, the yachts, of course, but we've been pleasantly surprised with the Bahaman boats." The New York yard is in the same spot, building and repairing vessels of all types while adding to the yard's history. Currently that yard is in the middle of a contract to repower six ferries for NY Waterway and recently delivered a 68' research vessel for the University of Vermont. |