WILL
WILL WARM
WILL WARM YOUR SOUL. >>> BUT FIRST, IT WAS IN THE 4@ 1960S WHEN ROGER HOUSTON AND
HIS WIFE CHARLIE WERE AT THE
HELM OF THE CONSTRUCTION
BUSINESS AND HE HAD A PENCHA4@N
FOR DESIGNING SAILBOAT. 4@
>> HE SKETCH ON DELTA 26 FOOT
SCALE ABOUT SAILBOAT 4@USING TH
NAME SAVER BECAUSE OF THE 4@
SCALE ABOUT SAILBOAT 4@USING TH NAME SAVER BECAUSE OF THE 4@4@ LARGE, SLEEK SHAPE OF THE BOAT,
HIS PASSION FOR 4@BOTH LED TO
DESIGNING AND SELLING, THE
SA4@VER 28, THE BOAT THAT REALL
WANTS A COMPANY.
>>> PIGGY KAISER4@ VISITED HIM
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORK IT
DOES AND IT'S ENDURANCE IN THE
BOATING INDUSTRY.
>>>4@ CHARLIE HOUSTON'S
GRANDPARENTS CAME TO MAINE IN
1907 AND BOUGHT PROPERTY ON
SEBAGO LAKE, THAT EVENTUALLY
BROUGHT CHARLIE AND ROGER TO 4@
MAINE, 50 YEARS AGO WITH A
PASSION FOR DESIGNING SAILBOATS
AND THE PERFECT PLACE TO 4@DO I
THEY LAID THE GROUNDWORK THAT
WOULD LATCH THAT WOULD LAUNCH4@
SABRE YACHTS.
4@ >>> 4@ THE FOUNDER OF THE COMPAY
, CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT
DETAILS4@ AND HE CARED A LOT
ABOUT THE PRODUCT 4@AND HE HAD
CLEAR VISION HAS TO THE BALANCE
BETWEEN COST AND ALMOST LUXURY,
BECAUSE OF A VERY GOOD OF STALE
BOAT. 4@
>>> HE JOINED4@ SABRE YACHTS 16
YEARS AGO AND UNTIL THAT TIME
HE BUILT NOT ONLY SAILBOATS BUT
ALSO A STERLING REPUTATION.
>>4@ BUT SABRE WAS STRUGGLING.
>>> WHAT 4@EXISTED HERE WAS AN
EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF PEOPLE,
FIRST TIME BUILDING BOTH BUT
NOT VERY MANY OF THEM, 4@ THE
SAILBOATS WERE ON 4@THE VERGE O
BEING CLOSED DOWN.
>>4@ SABRE CREDITS 4@IS ABILITY
STAY AFLOAT THINGS TO A 4@
TALENTED GROUP OF BOATBUILDERS.
>>> I WAS IN THE SHOP 10
MINUTES IN YOU COULD SENSE THE
PRIDE IN THE CRAFT TOWNSHIP
GOING INTO THE PRODUCT IN YOU
CAN SENSE THE STRONG WORK ETHIC
IN THE AREA.
>> Reporter: AARON CRAWFORD
OVERSEES THE DESIGN AND THE
THINGS IN IT WAS THE TEAMS THAT
WORK ON EACH SABRE HEAVEN SENSE
OVERSEES THE DESIGN AND THE THINGS IN IT WAS THE TEAMS THAT WORK ON EACH SABRE HEAVEN SENSE@
INTENSE PRIDE IN THE WORK THEY
DO.
>>> THAT'S A TRADITION AND THE
PRODUCT WE BUILD. 4@
>> THE FAMILY OF MOTOR YACHTS
THAT SA4@BRE 4@OFFERS IS BUILT
THE WELL-EARNED4@ REPUTATION A
SKILLED BOATBUILDING, TRADITION
WIDELY KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE
BOATING INDUSTRY.4@
>> IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN
CALIFORNIA OR WASHINGTON STATE
OR MISSOURI4@ WHO BUILDS THE BE
BOATS IN 4@THE COUNTRY THEY OFT
LOOK AT NEW ENGLAND AND SAY
MAINE IS THE PLACE WERE GREAT
BOATS ARE BUILT. 4@
>> THE DOWN EAST STYLE HAS
BECOME CULTURALLY PART OF4@ EVE
BOATING COMMUNITY UNITED
STATES.
>> Reporter: TH4@E STYLE GENARI
REFERS TO A LOW-SLUNG BOAT,
DARK-COLORED HOLD, EXTERIOR
WOOD THAT IS VARNISHED,
MICHIGAN IS CRESSMAN SHIP4@ THA
EVOLVED FROM A MORE TRADITIONAL
WORKING BOAT LIKE LOBSTER
BOATS.
>> Reporter: SO HOW DO YOU
BUILD A 48 FOOT OR 66 FOOT BOAT?
4@ONE BOAR4@D, ONE BRUSH STROKE
ONE CUT AT A TIME.
>>4@ THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME OF
THESE PIECES IS PRETTY INTENSE.
>> Reporter: WHAT ENDS UP
LOOKING LIKE THIS OR THIS
STARTS 4@RIGHT HERE, AND 100,00
SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE ON THE
RIEMANN CAMPUS.4@4@
SABRE NO LONGER BUILDS
SAILBOATS BUT FOCUSES ON MOTOR
YACHTS, AND IT'S BEEN SMOOTH
SAILING SINCE THEY MADE THE
TRANSITION.
>>> ON THIS 4@DAY SEVERAL YACHT
WERE UNDERWAY AS WOODWORKERS
METICULOUSLY CUT AND 4@SAND WOU
THAT WILL4@ BE WINDOW FRAMES,
TABLETOPS OR HAD BIRDS4@
HEADBOARDS.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HALL
FOR THE SABER 45 AND NEXT TO
THAT IS THE 38, THE BOATS IN
PRODUCTION 4@IN THE 2 PRODUCTIO
LINES HERE RIGHT NOW.
>>4@ THE HALLS AND 4@DECKS ARE
FORMED AND EVENTUALLY JOINED.
>> THE DECKS ARE MADE UPSIDE
DOWN WHICH IS 4@THE CASE HERE.
AND THEN THEY GET ROLLED OVER
LIKE THIS.4@
>> Reporter: FOLLOWED BY STATE
OF THE ART MECHANICAL AND
ELECTRICAL WORK, AND ASSEMBLY
LINE OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS. 4@
SABER NOW EMPLOYS ABOUT 350
CRAFTSMEN AND WOMEN AND BUILDS
50 BOATS A YEAR FROM THIS
4@ LOCATION.4@
EACH BOAT HAS A PARENT WHO 4@
SHEPHERDS IT THROUGH THE
PROCESS
>> THIS CULTURE 4@IS UNIQUE4@ A
FINDING THIS LEVEL OF WORK
ETHIC AND CRESSM4@AN SHIP AND
COMMITMENT IS AN ORDINARY.4@
US BEING IN RAYMOND MAINE IS A
BIG PART OF OUR SUCCESS. 4@4@
US BEING IN RAYMOND MAINE IS A BIG PART OF OUR SUCCESS. 4@4@4@ >> NOW AND 20204@ THEY WILL
CELEBRATE A MILESTONE OF 4@50
YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY, AND
HONOR OF THEIR ANNIVERSARY THE
COMPANY IS LAUNCHING THE SABRE
58, WE HAD A SNEAK PEEK OF THIS
BEAUTIFUL BOAT 4@, ROBIN AMAND
58, WE HAD A SNEAK PEEK OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BOAT 4@, ROBIN AMAND@ THEY ARE ALRE4@ADY TAKING ORDER
FOR THE BOAT4@, SIGHT UNSEEN ,
YOU PUT YOUR ORDER AND NOW YOU
CA4@N HAVE IT IN THE SPRING OF
2022.
>> I WILL ASK FOR THE