February 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 17.
Boat And Ship Yard News
Kittery Point Yacht Yard at Kittery Point With the 15 storage boats, there has boat. Back Cove made a section of deck, lots of small projects and plenty of paint and
and Eliot is rebuilding the wooden lobster been plenty of work this winter, which will which needed to be replaced, making the job varnish.
boat THANKSGIVING, which was designed extend into the spring. Presently they have a lot easier. They are also looking to expand the
by Royal Lowell and built by Patten’s Yacht enough work now to keep them busy until Other work includes the bottom jobs on storage end of their business. If you are
Yard in 1978. They are replacing the deck and summer. a 47-foot Swan, a J-37 and a Sabre 36. There interested they have heated and unheated
cabin sides. She will be completed this spring. are also some paint jobs and a number of little inside, as well as outside storage.
Kittery Point Boat Builders is building Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company projects that will keep them busy through
their second 22-foot PYY hull, which will be in Thomaston has started building the ply for spring.
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finished off as a picnic cruiser. Presently they a 70-foot Deerfoot cruising sailboat. She will
are tooling up the cuddy cabin and creating be done in 2010. Also under construction is A. W. Pettegrow in Southwest Harbor is
other moulds and jigs for this model. These a 42-foot power boat designed by Bob Perry. completing a Wesmac 45 sportfisherman,
should be done by summer. She is being built for a customer from Cushing which was started by her owner three years
A Hinckley Bermuda 40 is in for a lot of and is scheduled to be in the water late this ago on Long Island, New York. The owner put
maintenance. There is some custom carpen- summer. They have a 31-foot aluminum jet in the stringers and built the bulkheads. She
try work down below, varnish and rigging boat underway for a customer from Florida, was then brought to Pettegrow’s who is now
work before she is ready for the season. which will be done late spring. The cruising putting in the running gear, tanks, plumbing
A Cheoy Lee is having her engine re- catamaran is nearing completion and is and installing the twin 800-hp MAN diesel
moved, worked on and then replaced. scheduled to be launched this April. Also engines. The owner installed the interior, but
Kittery Point Yacht Yard has just be- under construction are a 65-foot Pettegrow is putting in the wiring. They will
come a dealership for Steyr engines. They will sportfisherman and a 54-foot Hunt jet boat. also be trimming out the interior. This project 3-axis CNC machining
be sending their lead mechanic to Florida for One very interesting project is the build- will be done the end of May.
Marine mill trim
training. What impressed owner Tom Allen ing the interior for a house. This project was They yard also has three repowers. A
Teak & mahogany
was that this was the first company with a started in September and will not be com- Newman 30 is in to have her 300-hp Cummins
Transom name boards
diesel/hybrid motor. pleted until March. rebuilt. Pettegrow will take the engine out and
Riverside Marine Construction is now As for service work, the 60-foot BELVE- ship it to Billings where it will be rebuilt. A 40-
Custom teak handrails
operating out of the Eliot location. On the DERE is in for new electronics, which in- foot sailboat is in to have her Westerbeke Cabinet doors & drawers
dock was their 55-foot tug CREOLE MISS, cludes a chart plotter, GPS and radar. This diesel rebuilt.
Table & counter tops
which was built in Louisiana in 1963. She is means that they will redesign and build a new With 130 storage customers, there are
Corian
used to move their barge and crane around for dash. They will also paint her deck.
Hardwood
building and repairing docks. The jet boat ANNIE ROSE is having an
800-hp MAN diesel engine installed. This
Meganite
General Marine in Biddeford has a Gen- replaces a 500-hp Yanmar. She will also be Swim platforms
eral Marine 26 under construction for a com- getting new electronics.
Teak or King Starboard
mercial fisherman from Kennebunkport. Another boat receiving new electronics
Experienced cabinetmakers
They have just brought the moulds in and is MIDSUMMER’S DREAM, a Hinckley 55.
& marine varnishers
should have the hull done in February. Her A Royal Huisman 84 foot sailboat is in for
power has been discussed, but the owner has some minor woodwork. She will than have her
yet to decide what will be going in as yet. hull and deck painted.
contact Gardner Pickering
Another 26 will be coming in for an Repairs have just been completed on a
gardner@hewesco.com
Awlgrip job. Back Cove 33, which had been hit by a lobster
Blue Hill, Maine
207-374-2275
www.hewesco.com
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