This small-town shipyard can build and float your big boat
Nichols Brothers on Whidbey Island can turn a “pile of steel” into a tug, a ferry or a cruise ship.
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This small-town shipyard can build and float your big boat
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This small-town shipyard can build and float your big boat
He didn’t win the race, but he beat death