Camden hearing set for Wayfarer proposal to expand... -
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Published on: 11/14/2003
Last Visited: 11/15/2003
Kevin McMahon, Wayfarer's chief financial officer, said Thursday that the new work areas will be insulated and heated, making year-round work easier on employees.The bays will also provide the space and mechanical amenities to allow for efficient work, he said.
Wayfarer employs 70 people full time, he said, and 20 more in the peak summer months.
"A lot of our business now is competing internationally," McMahon said, especially with the United Kingdom and Finland.
If work can't be completed because of cold weather, he said, boat owners will use yards elsewhere.If Wayfarer doesn't compete, its skilled workers will take jobs at yards in Newport, R.I., or the Chesapeake Bay area, McMahon said.
"These are good jobs," he said, with high salaries and such benefits as 401(k) retirement plans.
If the project is permitted, four existing buildings just northeast of the old steamboat wharf will be removed.They are in what is known locally as the bean yard.
Access to the new building would continue to be through the bean yard, but engineering plans show a grassy area along the waterfront following the removal of the old buildings.
Wayfarer owners Parker Laite Sr. and Jack Sanford have been contacted by people interested in buying the waterfront lots that would be created when the buildings are removed, McMahon said.
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"It's more of an upgrade" than an expansion, McMahon said.
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