Taylor Allen
Builder, Rockport Marine

Taylor Allen has been building boats all of his adult life. In 1962, his father Luke Allen founded Rockport Marine in Rockport, Maine where Taylor worked during the summers and after school during his teen-aged years, crafting, designing, restoring and refitting boats.

He continued to work at Rockport Marine after graduation from Amherst College and was named its president in 1980. Since then, the boatyard has expanded annually in size and in scope, building and restoring hundreds of boats over the years, both power and sail. Most notable were a 32' cutter, a 46' sloop, a 28' ketch and the 76' cold molded sloop White Wings, launched in 1998.

White Wings was the biggest boat ever built by Rockport Marine - until Lynx. When Lynx was launched in July 2001, she was the first square topsail schooner to be launched in Rockport since 1885.

Since the launch of Lynx, Mr. Allen has continued to oversee the restoration and construction of dozens of vessels, ranging from 30' sloops to 80' schooners. The father of three children, Mr. Allen is married to Martha White, the daughter of the legendary boat builder Joel White.

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