We bring experience, excitement and a resourceful approach to a diverse range of design and building projects. Our goal is to provide highest-quality work and attention to detail, while maintaining a flexible, efficient and economical business structure. We have a diverse network of talented collaborators in the marine industry and elsewhere, allowing us to deliver a well focused team that is ideally suited to the job at hand.

Chris Rogers has been building boats for ten years, and playing in them for most of his life. After graduating from Bates College with a degree in economics - and an interest in boatbuilding and design, he began working as a carpenter and rigger at a well regarded Maine boatyard. Since that time he has worked from classic wooden boats to the most modern carbon fiber racing yachts, finding each discipline rewarding and challenging in its own ways. He has worked in some of the worlds premier boatbuilding and components shops,and for America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race teams. Chris started Rogers Special Projects to offer our services as boat and components builders and to apply modern custom boatbuilding technologies to other types of projects.

Ben Rogers has been boating and sailing competitively from an early age. He is a co-owner of Maine Mobile Shrinkwrap, a licensed captain, and a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy. Ben has extensive ocean racing experience including several Newport to Bermuda races as well as Transpac and Transatlantic races. He has worked in the construction and managment of high performance sailing yachts, and is well equipped to meet rigging, mechanical, and electronics challenges.

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