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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. 
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“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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