Mavrik grows to industry giant

Mavrik Marine, Inc. set up shop in La Conner in 2011 with a dozen employees and has since grown to a local industry powerhouse.

Their aluminum work boats include skiffs, patrol boats and gillnetters that are sent around the world after Mavrik employees carefully construct them from start to finish.

Webster defines the word “maverick” as “one who takes an independent stand.”

“We don’t like marching to someone else’s beat,” owner and founder Zach Battle said of his company’s name. “It can mean a lot of things. For us it’s about looking at other ways to do things and being progressive — not...