44 FOGHORN Captain Hawley in New Orleans said, “One of the things I look at to gauge my success in the business is how many peo- ple followed in my footsteps? How many people have I taught and brought along? That’s really the most rewarding part.” I’ve been fortunate; I wouldn’t be where I am today without some of the people that have taught me along the way. Borgstrom: Being a family business, my mentor and I lived in the same house. It was my father. I learned everything there is to know through him. I’ve done every job there is to do and learned every skill there is to learn through my father. He was a great mentor. Wirginis: Probably my three most important mentors would be my grandfather, John Connelly, who had the faith in me to bring me back to Pittsburgh when I was 26 years old, and put me in charge. We’re trying to build boats and I’m trying to get people to bend to my will. Then I got a technique that’s ask them first what they think they would do and then you kind of work it around, make it their idea. It works pretty well. FOGHORN FOCUS “I would say bring more people than you could afford. They find out this is just not a little boat operation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is an industry, and there are so many people, there’s so much to learn.” TERRY WIRGINIS, GATEWAY CLIPPER FLEET
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