January 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 17.
Boat And Ship Yard News
Casey Yacht Enterprise in Freeport is hoses, and turbo work. Other work includes:
busy working on a 28 foot Bertram. They removing and rebedding the hardware;
repaired wet Balsa core in the deck and hatch reglassing the tops of the cabin, which was
covers. They then began making repairs to peeling off; replacing deck hatches; remove
the cockpit and doing a lot of refinishing. and replace hull ports; rigging work; then
Once the repair is done the hull and deck will Awlgripping the hull, deck, houses, and
be Awlgripped. They started the project in cockpit. They will also be painting some of
November and will be done in early January. the interior and doing some electronic work.
In the yard is a C&C 36, which was built This project will completed late this spring.
in the 1970s, in to have repairs made to her An Endeavour 34 has just had her hull
hull, which is delaminating near the keel. This Awlgripped. They also raised the exhaust
project will take about a month to complete. fitting so that the exhaust was vented better
Another C&C, a 110, is in to have her keel and would not blacken the transom.
faired and a racing bottom put on. A Packetcraft Express 37, which is the
There are also two J-105s getting racing only powerboat built by Pacific Seacraft, was
bottoms and then their annual maintenance. in to have her some minor repairs made to her
Another major project will be restoring hull and then was recoated.
an Ensign, which is owned by her original A 57-foot Jerrit Bay Carolina
owner. They are replacing the deck with a sportfishing boat, which was built 15 years
The Lawley built knockabout ASPENET, which is maintained by Seal Cove Boat Yard.
new one coming from the manufacturer, re- ago. She is in and has had her brightwork
doing the bottom, some fiberglass work, and stripped and refinished; a complete bottom gone back to the 32. LITTLE DIPPER, is in the shop again
then Awlgrip the topsides. job, which was sodablasted, had some re- On order they have a Holland 32, which this year. Last year they replanked her bot-
There is more work coming in the spring. pairs made before the barrier coat was ap- they will start shortly. She will be completed tom. This year they are replacing the deck,
plied; did some glass repair in the bait well; this spring. They also have a Holland 14 and cockpit and interior. The deck was teak and
Custom Composites in Bath always has made some repairs to the engine; and will a 14 that they will stretch to 16 to do this when removed they found that they had to
interesting projects. During the first week of install a new water maker and an entertain- spring. also replace the deck beams. The interior is
December they pulled out a 144-foot 6-inch ment centre. For repair work they have a Stanley 36 being changed slightly. They have moved
mast mandrel, which was built at a vacant A Hinckley Bermuda 40 is in to be repow- coming in to be refinished for her Northport the berths forward, which will give her own-
store in Wiscasset. When completed she ered and rewired. She is receiving a new owner. There is also some repair work to do ers more cabin sole and changed the galley.
was loaded on a truck and delivered to Hall’s Westerbeke design. on this one. Up on the second level of the shop is her
Spars of Bristol, Rhode Island. Because the A Hinckley Pilot Jr. suffered damage to Then there is a West Bay 31 coming in trunk cabin, which is being repaired as
mast was so long when the took it out of the her toerails. These have been repaired and to have a galley put in. needed.
building they had to shut off Route 1 for then they raised the waterline, repainted the Owner Glenn Holland said that since the The sailboat NAVIGATRIX will be in
about ten minutes. boot top and the spinnaker pole and did work first of the year the phone as been ringing next to have two to three dozen frames re-
One very interesting project was doing on the fuel system. more, which is better than last fall was. placed.
two artistic pieces for artist/architect Zaita A 36-foot Grand Banks trawler was hit The big change at the shop is a new set
Hadid of England. The stalactites, as they last summer and is in for repairs. She has Down in Brooklin Eric Dow, of doors, which are 14 by 15 feet. When Dow
were called, were 9 feet 11 inches by 20-feet received new hand rails, replaced the cap rail, Boatbuilder has two Haven 12½s under con- began using this building it was used mostly
5 inches by 14 feet. Each piece is carved in which was modified for better use. struction. One will be going to Japan, which for the construction of Haven 12½s, which
foam by Jenseneering in Topsham and then A Morris 46 is in to have her bottom is the third he has sent there. The other will do not need a large door. However of the last
brought to Custom Composites where they stripped and repainted. be going to Southern Maine and is replacing couple of years the projects have gotten
are glued together and covered with fiber- A Stanley 36 is in to have some rot one he built in 2001, which was damaged in bigger and to make life easier these new
glass. Then they are faired and then driven to removed from her decks, cabin sides and top. a storm last fall. Both will be done this spring. doors were installed.
Rhode Island where they were painted by She will then be painted.
Itchiban Yacht Painters. All completed in Next they will do the fuel tanks on a Dyer
less than six weeks, the first group was 29; replace the engine mounts and hoses on
shipped to a New York gallery for a show and a Catalina 40; and rebed the port lights and
then shipped back before being reshipped to hatches on a 47 footer.
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Manitowoc, WI. This mast will be con- done with their part and the owner will be
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it can be lowered when going under bridges. chain locker and sole in. She is powered with
a 425-hp Volvo diesel. She will be done in
At Boothbay Region Boat Yard on February.
Southport Island is working on a variety of A Holland 32, which they built two years
projects this winter. ago, is back to have her interior put in. She The Boat School, located at Maine’s Marine
One of the major projects is on the Ted only has a V-berth and they will add a hang- Technology Center in Eastport, offers di-
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