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new rudders. The engine work included new platform framing and house. They have also Owner William Faulkingham took a neigh-
hoses and filters and her blowers were sent to installed her 315-hp Yanmar diesel. Now they bors canoe and widen her eight inches in the
stern tube and spars. Billings for repairs. They were now painting are working on systems and finishing the bottom, added three and a half inches to the
Also this winter they have been ready- her inside and out. They will redo the pilot- platform. She is scheduled to be done early sheer on one end and four and a half inches
ing their storage customers for the up coming house, which means grinding and painting this summer. to the other. The first one of these is done.
season and they have already launched some and replace the center window. She is sched- As of yet there is not another project to Faulkingham also rebuilt an old wooden
of them. uled to be out the end of April. follow. There has been interest by some plea- canoe, which had been covered in fiberglass.
Next they will begin work on a boat that sure boat customers in another of these 28- The fiberglass was removed and the hull
At James Rich’s Boat Yard in West went aground and sank back in November. footers, but they want to see her finished and repaired were it was rotten. This included the
Tremont did some work on a 32 Newman, She is a Webber’s Cove 22 and suffered skeg, running. However, Alley is also thinking about stems and some planks. He then polyfaired
which he finished off as a pleasure boat in keel and hull damage. The engine was flushed building traditional wooden lobster boat style the hull and painted her inside and out.
1987. She had some wood, engine and ex- out, bit not run. She will be finished early this pleasure boats. In the meantime he is looking Other work this winter has been laying
haust work, but the majority of work con- summer. for repair work to fill in. up some rowboats for a customer. To date
sisted of paint and varnish. This project took They also have an Awlgrip project to do they have done five of these.
a couple of months to complete. for John Williams of Hall Quarry. Jonesboro Custom Finishers in Faulkingham is still looking for a hull to
There has been a lot of engine work. A Jonesboro has been working on canoes this finish off or some major repair work.
Mitchell Cove 35 lobster boat was in and had Beal’s Boat Shop in Milbridge has not winter.
worked done on her Caterpillar diesel. A been too busy this winter.
Repco 37 lobster boat was also in for engine They took a 23-footer and lengthened
HELP IDENTIFY THIS BOAT.
work, along with new fuel lines and some this out to 25 and shipped her out as a kit boat
hydraulic work. There have been four or five for a customer from Blue Hill.
other lobster boats in for hydraulic and fuel Another project was widening out a hull
work. similar to Jim Beal’s. This was completed and
A Bunker & Ellis 37 was given complete shipped out to be finished.
paint and varnish. She also received new Presently in the shop is a Calvin Beal 36,
Morse controls. which was being finished as a lobster boat for
They also brought in their 26-foot work Josh Beal of Milbridge. She will be powered
boat, which was built by Ralph Stanley 49 with a 420-hp Iveco. They hope to have her
years ago. She was given just her regular overboard in June.
annual maintenance.
In the middle of April they had already In Columbia Falls, a new shop has popped
launched eight lobster boats, but the plea- up, Alley Boats, who is building a 28-foot
sure boats will not be going in until the middle pleasure boat for a customer from New York.
of May. Her lines are based on a design by Arch
Davis. Owner Troy Alley added what he liked
Charger’s in Steuben has been working and then lengthened widened, raised the
on a 50-foot steel barge operated by Eastern sheerline, moved the keel and shorted the
Maine Mussel. She has had her wiring re- length of the chines. They started the project
This 25 foot speed boat was found down in Camden about 30 years ago. Her name was
placed, some steering and engine work and on 2 January and have completed the hull, the
MORNING WINGS. If you know any thing call (207) 223-8846.
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SATURDAY JUNE 13th
at BLACK HORSE
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(located on Union Street, Rockport)
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Auction begins at 10:00
Check out the boats that are available on our
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or call 236-3375 for more information.
Partial Inventory
HULL: Black Horse 32; DESIGNED BY: Geoff Dickes; FINISHED BY: Black House Yachts,
25’ Montego Sailboat ..............................................$5,000
Harpswell; TYPE: Express cuiser; HOMEPORT: Connecticut; LAUNCHED: April; INTE-
RIOR: v-berth, enclosed head, galley; ENGINE: Yanmar diesel.
24’ C&C ....................................................................$3,000
30’ 1960’s Repco fiberglass Lobster boat .......... $12,000
24’ O’Day .................................................................$2,000
at LYMAN-MORSE
and Many Many More!
The Ned Kyle
NAME: MALA CONDUCTA; HULL: Custom 62-foot catamaran; DESIGNED BY: Morrelli
& Melvin, Huntington Beach, CA; FINISHED BY: Lyman Morse, Thomaston;
HOMEPORT: Noank, CT; LAUNCHED: 9 April; INTERIOR: double berth staterooms aft
and just forward of amidships in each hull, single berths in bow, heads, galley main saloon;
ENGINE: Diesel; SPEED: >25 knots under sail.
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