Four decades of running fleets and a shipyard will teach you to spend money upfront and avoid more pain later, says Arlen “Benny” Cenac Jr.
“The most important thing to us is ‘What will keep that boat afloat?’” said Cenac, the third-generation owner of Cenac Marine Services-Main Iron Works based in Houma, La.
“Too many people own boats with patches on the bottom, with tubes leaking like crazy. Those days have been gone for us by 40 years,” Cenac told the audience at the 40th annual International...
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