August 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15.
Boat And Ship Yard News
the insurance company before starting this modifications on the flybridge and interior. Down in Addison Guptill Custom
project. A 36-foot jet boat was in for a bowsprit and Marine is finishing up several projects.
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Already work is coming in for the fall. a custom anchor roller. This coupled with the The main project has been on a Northern
There is a Jeaneau ketch coming back for a normal service on the ten storage boats kept Bay 38, which is being finished out as a
bottom job and paint. them busy. salvage/dive boat for a customer from the
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Bahamas. The bulkheads are in and they
Maine Cat in Waldoboro is one of the Eric Dow, Boatbuilder in Brooklin has were working on putting in the Queen berth KNOW WHERE
busiest boatbuilders on the coast of Maine. an Alden Triangle in the shop getting ready and head with shower. They also have a door
Presently they have nine P-47 power for the water. They replaced her garboard cut into the stern for diving, the individual
YOU SAW
catamarans on order with six of them on the planks, stripped and painted the bottom engine mounts are in, as is the 500-hp Volvo
floor under construction. One has already along with her topsides. When the season is diesel engine.
THEIR AD!
been launched and is a charter boat out of over she will be back for additional. The 36-foot
Broad Cove Marina in Bremen through Before this they did a lot of maintenance wooden TAMMY
Maine Cat. on storage boats. They also laid up several JEAN, which was
This P-47 is an interesting boat with a fiberglass peapods and are finishing them entirely stripped, widen
beam to length ratio of 13.3:1, which is much out. and glassed is getting
like that of a Hobie 18. They are a full Out on the front lawn they have a ready to go over. This
displacement boat, and does not get up and modified Cat’s Paw dinghy for sale, which boat was widened 2½
plane despite being powered with twin 180- Dow built 23 years ago. This boat is slightly feet and this may make
hp inboard engines. This boat has all the oversized at 14 ½ feet with a deepened her float above her
amenities and thus weighs 15 tons. What is transom for an outboard. She also sports a lines. Guptill also said
amazing is that they burn at 8 knots just 1.5 sailing rig. that they plan to replace
gallons; at 13 knots, 7 gallons; and 23 knots the houses next year
17.7 gallons. In fact a fisherman from the Bath and this will make her
area was interested in using one of these lighter.
boats for lobster fishing.
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The most
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important project this
York Marine in Rockland is working on winter was on a Libby
a 46-twin jet-powered cruiser for a customer
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from Seal Harbor and the Bahamas. This is a purchase, but things are a little tight with the completely gone over.
custom one-off designed by Chuck Paine. economy. Workman said, “I’ve got one guy She only needed a davit
The hull is done and they are starting the that is very serious about getting started for hauling, windows in
interior. In another bay they have the deck, early winter. I also have three or four people the windshield and a
house and flybridge all laid up and are in the that are on the fence, but I think they are companionway door
process of fairing. She will be ready to launch watching the economy just like everyone else put before she was
for sea trials in late fall and then be brought is.” ready to be launched.
back in and completed for a delivery of next Not only will Workman finish off a Calvin This boat will be used
season. Beal hull, but anyone elses. He has also been by his son to go fishing
They are also working on restoring an doing a lot of repair work, which has filled in this season.
O’Day sailboat. nicely when there was not a new boat to build.
This past season a 42-foot twin jet boat Like Workman said, “I will build or repair what
was back for some owner suggested ever they want.”
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New Cushions
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New Canvas
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New Sails
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Repairs
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for every new Bimini or Dodger
ordered through July 1st.
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215 Foreside Rd, Falmouth, Maine
ROCKPORT MARINE, INC.
(207) 781-7070 (800) 639-9907
P.O. Box 203, Rockport, Maine 04856
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