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Boat And Ship Yard News
for some keel work, varnish the interior and accommodations she sports a double V-
general maintenance. They also did some berth, head with shower and galley, which
minor interior joiner work and added some includes a two-burner stove.
new lighting. An interesting job was on a 25-foot Pace-
Also a 40-foot sailboat is in for teak maker, which was about 40 years old. She
decks; and a 50-foot Hinckley had her win- needed a new deck, some engine work on a
dows redone, some interior joiner work, 1987 454 ci Chevrolet, shaft angle needed to
which also included changing the layout and be changed, added a seat in the stern and a
paint and varnish. Another 45-foot sailboat put on a swim platform, and then lots of
was in to have her windows reset. cosmetics.
The most recent launch at Lyman-Morse
was SCOUT, a 31-foot centre-console The last boat to be launched out of
jetdrive powerboat designed by Dieter legendary boatbuilder Ralph Stanley’s shop
Empacher. She was built of aluminum, sports on the Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor
plenty of teak and varnished wood, and pow- headed down the ways 24 August.
ered by a 422-hp Volvo diesel to a 292 The boat being launched, WESTWIND,
Hamilton jet. This fall they will launch a is a rebuild of a 1902 Charles Morse-built 40-
sportfish, which will debut at the Fort Lauder- foot Friendship sloop. The owners pur-
A. W. Pettegrow launched this 33-footer ISLAND GIRL for a customer from New Jersey.
dale International Boat Show. chased and began rebuilding her as newly-
They also just started construction on a weds 30 years ago – got busy with family and
At Finestkind Boat Yard in Harpswell C&C 39, which also had solar panels in-
70 foot and 48 foot sailboat. careers – and have finally been able to pursue
they were painting the hull of a 26-foot stalled.
As for repair work, a lot has already been their dream of having the boat properly re-
Pearson, which would be followed by a 40-
booked for this fall and winter. As for storage, built. Richard Stanley, who has been in
foot Morgan. Like other repair yards along the coast
they are full at the yard, but do have some off- charge of the project, first had to get a sense
A Boston Whaler Harpoon was in the Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in
site spots available. of what the original shape of the boat was –
shop having her wood work replaced. Thomaston has had some transient work
which was not an easy task given her condi-
Also they installed a refrigerator in two from groundings. One was on a Hatteras,
Clark Island Boat Works in St. George tion. From there, he and his crew have com-
sailboats, one being a 33-foot Hans Christian, which suffered fiberglass damage at her bow
has several projects underway. pletely rebuilt the hull and top of the boat. The
which also received a battery system, new waterline and to a stabilizer fin.
A Northern Bay 38, which was started at owners desire to do some of the finish work
electronic head and new electronics. The Up at the yard in early September was
another yard, arrived with her engine and themselves and the crew still has some minor
other sailboat getting a refrigerator was a DREAM CATCHER, a Swan 82, which was in
tankage in. From that point workers did some projects which can be completed more effi-
rearranging and began finishing her off this ciently after the move.
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interior and systems. It was stated that she WESTWIND was towed across the harbor
should be completed when you read this. and trucked up to Ralph W. Stanley, Inc.’s
Another new boat under construction is Manset location at Ocean House, where her
an Osmond 32, which is being finished out as rebuilding will continue.
a sportfisherman with an enclosed wheel- Ralph founded his business, Ralph W.
house for a customer from Bermuda. For Stanley, Inc., and began building boats at 102
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