About Us

Seth Hagen and Carter Richardson were drawn to Rhode Island to attend the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport. Dedicated to traditional methods of yacht restoration, IYRS provided an ideal atmosphere for an extensive education in all things wooden boat; from project management to survey and assessment, lofting and planking to fine joinery. Seth and Carter, as IYRS graduates, enter the wooden boat community with not only the theory, but the hands on experience necessary to build, repair, and restore traditional wooden boats.

Seth Hagen has been working in the wooden boat field for seven years and has been fortunate to work on many famous designs including the Beetle Cat, the Nantucket One Design, and various Herreshoff designs, including the 12 1/2, the S-Class, the New York 30, and two 1920’s motor launches. His hands also lent to the restoration of William Gardner’s Mariner 40, L.F. Herreshoff’s Araminta, and the Sparkman & Stephen’s yawl Blackwatch. He also worked on the 1885 schooner Coronet
documenting and removing the interior as well as performing the background research.

Carter Richardson partnered with Nick Eide at IYRS on the customary Beetle Cat restoration and took part in researching and restoring a Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15. Before graduating from IYRS, he collaborated with another student in building an 11 1/2 foot Herreshoff Columbia Lifeboat. Carter has worked alongside Nick on the motor yachts Scout and Freedom as well as contributing in the restoration of a Herreshoff Watch Hill 15, Fish Class sloop and the Nevins’ built New York 32.