Brad Ellsworth joined Wayfarer as the Yard Manager in March 2011. He is responsible for the management of the entire production crew including crew foreman. He manages Wayfarer’s production schedule, quality control and estimating processes. Brad is committed to ensuring the quality of the work that Wayfarer produces and consistently meeting the highest quality standards that our customers expect.

 

Brad’s previous boat building experience is extensive. He has been working on boats since he was just ten years old. He has worked previously as a self-employed shipwright and as a Yard Manager at another yard. Brad also worked full-time at Wayfarer for five years as a carpenter where he worked on key projects such as the 2003 refit of the William Fife Sailing Yacht Sumurun. and the restoration of the Stevens Motor Yacht Beluga. Prior to that he sailed the schooner Mary Day and helped complete a complete restoration of Mary Day, a Coast Guard certified passenger vessel. Brad also was employed by Teak Decking Systems and worked installing new teak decks at various yards such as Hinckley and Little Harbor. Brad also worked for Bruce Farrin in Bristol, Maine, building boats. While working with Farrin, Brad completed restoration on classic wooden yachts and built new fiberglass fishing boats and motor yachts (Holland and West Mac).

Doug Woodbury joined Wayfarer as a Service Manager in the fall of 2012.  Doug grew up sailing small boats on Blue Hill bay during his childhood years in Maine. During his summers away from college he worked on traditional schooners sailing on Penobscot Bay. After graduation he worked for a number of programs that took high school and college youths and educated them while sailing large schooners between the Caribbean and Maine for semester credits at sea. When not at sea he would perform work as delivery crew  to broaden his knowledge.  Doug took a break from years at sea and took up residence in Camden and started work at Wayfarer in 1999. During his early years at Wayfarer he worked extensively in rigging, and was privileged to be a part of a handful of large refit projects. Taking that knowledge to sea once again, he worked in the Yacht Charter business.   Caring for discerning customers and ensuring a positive charter experience further refined his customer service skills.  His natural ability as a communicator, and his eye for detail, helped make his trips an annual occasion for many of his charter guests.  When he returned to the midcoast area, he ventured outside the world of boats. While restoring a property a friend convinced him  to become involved in electrical work. He took his customer service knowledge and put it too work as a Sales/Project manager for a Fortune 500 Electrical Distributor with a local branch in Rockland. Doug now returns to Wayfarer with a unique combination of management experience and service and sailing experience under his belt. He is passionate about boats and equally passionate about Wayfarer and all it has to offer customers.  He is proud to work with the dedicated craftspeople at the yard to provide world class service to its customers.