CABOT LYMAN

Trustee Emeritus

After graduating from college Cabot Lyman and his wife, Heidi, spent five years sailing and skippering boats in the Caribbean and Mediterranean. Lyman has completed more than 150,000 miles of offshore voyages, including three years spent circumnavigating the world with Heidi and their three sons, Alex, Drew, and Zach, on their 49-foot sailboat built at the yard. 

Cabot and Heidi moved to Maine in 1978 with a plan to work in boatbuilding. At the time, Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston was closing, so he inquired about renting space to work on a boat. When he found out the company had outstanding contracts to build two vessels, he approached the customers about taking over the contracts and bought the business itself, opening Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding. The company, now led by son Drew, took a significant step forward in 2015 when it purchased Wayfarer Marine in Camden, establishing a presence in the popular Camden Harbor. In 2016, the family moved beyond boatbuilding and opened 250 Main Hotel, a 26-room hotel in Rockland.