Senior Editor Chris Dixon travels down to Pompano Beach for a wide-ranging conversation with Roy Merritt on building boats, the family legacy of a hundred-year-old business and a just a few famous clients.
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Chris Dixon is the author of Ghost Wave and The Ocean, The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge. His writing has appeared in The New York Times bestseller The Southerner’s Handbook. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Popular Mechanics and Garden & Gun. He grew up boating, fishing and surfing along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, once spent a year working and traveling with Jimmy Buffett and today lives in Charleston with his wife, son and daughter.
An Adventurous Life Aboard a Camper and Trawler
We need new boaters. Dan weighs in on the costly demographic shifts that could slowly sink our pastime.
World’s Coolest Collection of Vintage Chris-Crafts Heads to Auction
Trapped in a northeastern deep freeze, Dan visits an old friend for some springtime inspiration.
Meet the former Scout team behind Volare’s remarkable electric catamaran.
Working on his Bertram with a pre-schooler gives Dan a window into his past and a lesson in fatherly patience.
