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Latest articles by Bruce Niederer
By Bruce Niederer — Retired GBI Technical Advisor Helping my brother Nelson build two Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) stand-up paddleboards was one of the first projects I started after retiring. We were building them for the best kind of friend—the paying kind. I guess I’m one of those guys who finds retirement much busier than […]
By Bruce Niederer — Retired GBI Technical Advisor I thought a lot about my career here at Gougeon Brothers, Inc. as my time for retirement drew near. I’ve been working every day, more or less, from the time I was 16 years old. I’ve had a lot of different jobs. But for the last 22 years and […]
A case study in remediating gelcoat blisters By Bruce Niederer — GBI Technical Advisor My father, rest his soul, and I bought Triple Threat together sometime in the mid-’80s. We raced our ’81 Pearson Flyer hard together for the next 15 or so years, including 12 Port Huron to Mac races. The purchase date is lost […]
My humorous take on the Social Media disasters called Technical Forums By Bruce Niederer — GBI Technical Advisor I’ve answered a lot of phone calls and e-mails in my 23 years here at Gougeon Brothers, Inc. Many of the questions are repetitive—that’s the nature of helping customers both new and old to be successful. Some are […]
By Bruce Niederer — GBI Technical Advisor “It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry…”—Bob Dylan I received a call out of the blue from an old sailboat racing friend, Gary Plezia, who is now the owner and founder of Southern National Track (SNT) which he began after leaving Conrail in 1996. […]
