Wrangell shipwright Don Sorric standing with the rudder and wheel of the Petersburg-based F/V Odin, which is one of the many projects he and his crew are currently working on at the Wrangell Marine Service Center.
For master shipwright Don Sorric and a number of other ship repair businesses located at Wrangell’s Marine Service Center, the improvements made to the facility – along with Wrangell’s increasing reputation as the place to bring your vessel for repair – have made the economic outlook for those repairing boats better than ever.
Sorric, who has held a lease location at the MCS for four years, employs seven workers and a number of subcontractors who are working on some of the largest fishing vessels in the yard.
Four years ago, Sorric was working on one boat at a time – but thanks to upgrades at...
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