May 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 19.
Boat And Ship Yard News
The Lash built DUCHESS II getting ready for launching at Lyman-Morse at Thomaston.
Micron 66. She also had her topsides and New York and loaded on a freighter the end
deck Awlgripped, teak redone, had her en- of April. This is the first one that they have
gine and generator removed and rebuilt, in- sent out of the country.
stalled a watermaker, refinished her The next Pisces they are finishing out is
brightwork, added new rod rigging, and did heading to a customer on Cape Cod. She will
some refrigeration and air conditioning work. be shipped out in May.
A J-35 was in to have her bottom They have been building Pisces for the
stripped, sprayed and wet sanded before Seawanaka Yacht Club for the last several
painting on a racing finish. years and with the one this year the yacht
A J-44 had her bottom wet sanded and club will have a total of four new boats. The
given a racing finish. She also had a new Seawanaka Yacht Club had 22 original Fish
vang, fittings added, and spreader bars Class boats designed by Nathaneal G.
added for reinforcement on her mast. Once Herreshoff. They are the same basic design New England Fiberglass Company
these were done the mast was Awlgripped. as the Pisces, which was re-engineered by
A J-40 had her refrigeration system designer Chuck Paine of Camden. The new
worked on, an Espar system added, some design has more ballast, the same dimensions
Yacht Repair/Restorations
custom cabinetry, varnish, and then she had and looks, but are faster.
her bottom stripped and refinished. They also have another Pisces that they
Soon they hope to start laying up 40-foot are finishing up for a local customer, which
58 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04101
Container Yachts, which are called this be- will be done early this summer.
(207) 773-3537 Phone (207) 874-7926 Fax
cause they fit in a container. They will start All the Pisces built this winter were done
www.nefiberglass.com email:
newenglandfibe@conversent.net
one as soon as there is an order. in fiberglass. To date there have been nine
There are 60 storage boats in the yard, cold moulded and 17 fiberglass Pisces built.
which need to be readied for the water. Thus, The fiberglass model was introduced in 2003.
they will be very busy the next couple of As for repair work they have a Dyer 29 in
months. for paint; the 38-foot HIGH TIME, built at
PAUL E. LUKE, INC.
Brooklin in 1972 had half of her bottom refas-
Doug Hylan, Boatbuider, in Brooklin is tened; built a radar arch for a Bank’s Cove 22;
Fireplaces - Automatic Feathering Propellors - 3-Piece Storm Anchors
working on the Laurent Giles designed, Far did lots of cosmetic and some mechanical
East built yacht KUAN YIN. Last year this work on a Gannon & Benjamin built carvel
Full Service Boat Yard
boat got a new deck and this year she is planked power boat; a Centre Harbor 31 had
15 Luke's Gulch, East Boothbay, Maine 04544
getting some cosmetic and system work her engine removed and rebuilt; and the
TEL. (207) 633-4971 A. Franklin Luke FAX: (207) 633-3388
done. Chessie Cat MAYNARD LOWRY, which
Earlier in the winter they built a backbone was built in the 1970s, had work done on her
kit for a L. Francis Herreshoff designed
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Rozinante for a customer in New Zealand.
RALPH STANLEY, INC.
This was completed and
WOODEN BOATS
shipped and the owner plans
for work and pleasure
to do the rest.
To stay busy in these
poor economic times they
CUSTOM-MADE
shingled a boat house in
INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED
town.
As for design work,
Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679 (207) 244-3795
Hylan has an 18-foot canoe
yawl on the design boat
based on an 1880s design. He
MAINE COAST LUMBER, INC.
has designed her for cold
moulded construction for
North Brooklin Boats. The 4 Warren Ave.
17 White Birch Lane
design business has been
Westbrook, ME 04902
York, ME 03909
good and he said that it is
(207) 856-6015
(207) 363-7426
usually better when times are
(877) 408-4751
(800) 899-1664
tough. Many of the people,
Fax (207) 856-6971
Fax (207) 363-8650
M-F 7:30am-4:00pm
Hylan estimates 75 percent, M-F 7am-5pm
Saturday 8am-12pm
who buy plans never build or
only partially complete the
boat.
*HARDWOOD LUMBER*SOFTWOOD LUMBER*
Classic Boat Shop in
*HARDWOOD PLYWOODS*MELAMINE*MDF*MARINE
Bernard has been busy this
PLYWOODS*MDO*PARTICLE BOARD*SLATWALL*LAMINATE*
*EDGE BANDING*VENEER*HARDWOOD MOLDINGS*
year with new construction
*CUSTOM MILLING*DOVETAILED DRAWER BOXES
and repair work.
Bath Industrial Sales
Presently they are finish-
56 New Meadows Rd.
ing one of their Pisces, which
West Bath, ME 04530 We Deliver
www.mainecoastlumber.com
is going to a customer in Ber-
(207) 442-9754
www.bistools.com
ME, NH, VT, MA, RI
mainecoastlumber@yahoo.com
We Ship UPS
muda. She will be shipped to
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