They also carry a limited selection of parts for boat repair.

Currently, the survived buildings of the works are used as a shipyard (boat repair) and for timber production.

From both land and water, the place looked like a deserted, rundown boat repair yard.

He has also used the phone while ashore to guide his wife through boat repairs.

To stay close to the water, he took a job in a marina doing boat repairs.

Paul was not quite ready to begin a conversation about boat repair.

But when the tugboat business dried up because of international oil transportation, boat repair and storage became more important, he said.

"But we're not giving up the boat repair and storage business," he said.

The boy has many skills - storytelling, research, boat repair - but his greatest gift is the ability to pay attention.

Eventually Sargent opened a boat repair and rental which expanded with success.