Lyman, Chris-Craft, Bertram… these are names we all are probably very familiar with. But these days we don’t hear much about custom-built boats, let alone boats built in someone’s backyard.
They say you can’t please all the people all the time, but you might be able to toss that saying overboard if those people are pleasure boaters and the boat you’re talking about is the new
Bruce Ogden is no stranger to classic boats—he currently owns several, including a 1973 Lyman Hardtop Sleeper, a 1975 Boston Whaler Newport, and a 1974 Cape Dory Handy Cat.