Longtime WoodenBoat magazine publisher Carl Cramer was well-known in the recreational marine industry as an innovator and motivator. In 1989, he launched the trade magazine Professional BoatBuilder, followed by the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference and Expo in 1992.
Cramer died April 10 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine. He was 78.
“An enthusiastic sailor, Carl was passionate about boats. He delighted in a cockpit full of friends, talk, and sunshine,” a statement of his death in the Portland Press Herald said. “But Carl’s true expertise was people. He relished talking to strangers and made fast friends despite language and cultural barriers.”
Cramer was born July 14, 1946, in Hollywood, Calif., and grew up in Santa Barbara, moving to Maine to attend Bowdoin College in 1964. He is survived by his wife, Melissa Wood; daughters Chloe and Morgan; and grandchildren Quincy, Max, Sebastian and Isaac.
