june 2017
CAISON HASN’T
FORGOTTEN HIS
ROOTS OR HIS
MOTIVATION. EACH
OF HIS BOATS HAS
SOMETHING IN
COMMON WITH THAT
FIRST ONE HE BUILT
FOR HIMSE L F .
“If you know how to input it,
the computer does the hard math,”
he says.
Caison hasn’t forgotten his roots
or his motivation. No matter how
big, no matter how many luxury
appointments, no matter the ame-nities,
each of his boats has some-thing
in common with that first
one he built for himself.
“I build fishing boats,” he says.
“I’m not building a ski boat, I’m
not building a motor yacht. I
specialize in what I love, which is
fishing. The boats are built to go
fishing.”
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WBM
See “Sea State” in the May 2015
Wrightsville Beach Magazine for
a comprehensive look at the North
Carolina boat-building industry.
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AND READY-TO-SERVE
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Donnie Caison built his first boat by
himself in a shed behind his house.
Now, he has a 12,000-square-foot
facility and a full construction crew.