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Boat And Ship Yard News
sold to a local resident and will be started in stern boat. Despite having been laid up for
GREYBACK
July. years under a cover, she only needs minor
First they need to complete a Padebco work. The yard will be replacing rub and toe
23 outboard runabout for a customer from rails, and king plank bow and stern. They
Rhode Island. also will remove the engine and send it out to
make sure it runs properly.
S. W. Boatworks in Lamoine has just A 1972, Ernest Libby Jr. built lobster
launched a Wesmac 38, GREYBACK, which boat was in for new keel bolts, which ran
was finished out as a sportfisherman for a through the sharprisers. Six were replaced
customer from Falmouth, Massachusetts. amidships and another 4 to 6 under the
(See above.) engine forward. They also replaced a piece of
They have just finished building a her keel, some of her fastenings, replaced the
Calvin Beal 36 hull and top on spec. They caulking in her platform deck and then
already have someone coming in to look at painted.
this one, which would be finished out as a The 36-foot lobster boat WINIFRED D.
pleasure/lobster boat. These hulls are being from Jonesport was in the shop for new cabin
laid up a little heavier since S. W. Boatworks sides and windows.
began building them. They are using ¾-inch
HULL: Calvin Beal 38; DESIGNED BY: Calvin Beal, Jr., Beals Island; FINISHED BY: S.W.
foam core, not ½-inch, with more material. FROM AWAY
Boatworks, Lamoine; TYPE: Sportfish; HOMEPORT: Falmouth, MA; LAUNCHED: May,
2009; INTERIOR: V-berth, head and Galley; ENGINE: 575-hp Volvo diesel; REDUCTION
They also have a Wesmac 38 hull, which At Mattapoisett, Massachusetts the
GEAR: ZF 2:1; SHAFT: 2.25"; PROPELLER: 4 blade, 28 x 30; FUEL CAPACITY: 400 gallons;
they have purchased on spec. Several Wooden Tangent, owned by David
ELECTRONICS: GPS Chartplotter,Radars,Bottom Machines, VHF and Stereo; STEER-
people are interested in this. Peterson, was finishing up several projects.
ING: Dual ram; HAULER: Yes; SPEED: 25 knots.
Other work has included making repairs For several years they have been slowly
to a pot hauler on an older lobster boat; working on restoring an Herreshoff S-boat.
Custom Composites in West Bath were A few boats have been in for spring replacing the cutlass bearing, making swim They replaced the stem, half the ribs, half the
in the process of building an oven so that work. One was a Corson runabout, which platform ladder and cosmetics on another floors, three quarters of the planking and the
they could build some small composite parts. was in to have her transom replaced. boat; and replacing the bottom in a dinghy, teak deck house.
They also were building a 1 by 10 metre table Another was a 26-footer, which went ashore. which had been chaffed out. They also sent Also just finished was a Rhodes 28.
for laying up these carbon and pre-preg She needed to have her lift rails replaced and out a 38-foot Calvin Beal hull to Friendship, They replaced some frames, deck beams,
parts. some cosmetic fiberglass work. A 19-foot which is being finished as a lobster boat and deck, rebuilt the interior, bulwarks and rails.
This spring they did more sculptures for Mako was stripped out and a new deck and a 36 Calvin Beal to Beal’s Boat Shop in They also removed the house and stripped
an architectural show in New York. These centre console was put in. They also Milbridge, which was also finished as a and refinished. Next they will be working on
sculptures have been shipped back to the repowered her. lobster boat. her spars as they wait for the engine to be
shop and are now waiting to be reshipped as Next they will be laying up a Calvin Beal worked on by an outside vendor.
soon as they are told where to. Padebco Custom Yachts of Round Pond 34 hull. The Elco Lindberg Honeymoon cruiser
has just finished making a mould for a new 16- was a total rebuild over the last several years
Farrin’s Boat Shop in Walpole will be footer. She is designed like a scaled down An auction was held the beginning of and she has been completed and launched.
launching a 37-foot Atlantic in July. She only Jonesporter. The plug was finished and June at Jonesport Shipyard in Jonesport for Next they have another Elco, a 34 footer
needs final trim and final hook up of the tested with a 15 hp outboard, which pushed the Willis Beal built torpedo stern boat and a Herreshoff 12½, which will both need
plumbing and electrical systems. her along real well. The first one has been ALICIA B. She was sold to a person from Port a total rebuild.
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