Century-old sailboat design still making waves in Massachusetts
Century-old sailboat design still making waves in Massachusetts © Bill Womack An inside look at operations in the Beetle Cat Boat Shop in Wareham, Massachusetts. A sailboat model that was designed and first built in Massachusetts back in 1921 is still gracing the waters of New England a century later. Bill Womack, a Vietnam War veteran and former civil engineer, considers himself the fourth steward of the Beetle Cat Boat Shop, which is now located in Wareham.Sign up for our Newsletters The business' namesake, John Beetle, built the first "Beetle Cat" in New Bedford 100 years ago as a way f...