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REBUILDING A FTER A D EVASTATING F IRE
ELIOT/KITTERY POINT – There is no ques- square foot storage building so it could be
tion that one of the most feared occurrence in used for new boat construction and repair.
anyone’s life is a devastating fire. While This meant incorporating a 2,800 square foot
many in the industry were at the Maine heated workshop. At the same time they
Boatbuilders Show in March 2008 a fire com- modified the old fiberglass shop and made
pletely destroyed the offices, parts room, this their offices. While all this was going on
design room and work bays for Patten’s Allen began looking at different structures.
Yacht Yard in Eliot. Everything in the building He added, “I ended up going with a steel
was lost including a Hinckley Bermuda 40 and building, changed the orientation so its fac-
the moulds for their PYY-22 centre console ing south, because they’re energy pigs. I
outboard boat. Now nearly two years later wanted also to look for any solar gain if
they have reconfigured their yard, modified possible. Those 27-foot doors are all solar
buildings and erected a new heated storage passive doors and the temperature inside will
building. be heated by solar energy. So not only do
Just months before the fire George they look really nice, they help actually heat.
Patten, owner of Patten’s Yacht Yard, sold They also provide a tremendous amount of
out to Tom Allen of Kittery Point Yacht Yard. ambient light, so we are not turning on the
The two then combined to develop a light switches all the time. As for heat, we
boatbuilding company. Both were devas- went with radiant heat, however I didn’t want
The new heated storage building at Kittery Point Yacht Yard in Eliot.
tated, but would not give up on their endeav- to do it from the pad, the 120 x 50 foot concrete
our. Allen said, “Really what the fire did for us pad that’s in there. We actually did radiant
lives overseas in Spain, put the boat in the they will be servicing her stabilizers, struts,
was erased the board. Although it took about heat from the ceiling, which like the sun heats
water for three weeks sailed around the area. bearings, and shafts.
12 months to get through the process from an the objects and not the air."
When they returned they had a list of every- For new boat construction they were
insurance standpoint, but at the same time my One reason not for wanting radiant floor
thing they wanted done. This includes every- planning to build on spec the first PYY-22
mind was always going. I kept thinking about: heat, is due to wooden boats. For example
thing from cosmetic to some cabinetry work. picnic cruiser. Last winter they laid up new
Where is the building going? What size they store a 1965 Rybovich, and before they
Most of the other boats in the new shed are tooling for the hull and deck. As this was
building makes sense? How would you orient hauled her out they called Michael Rybovich
new customers and their work list is mostly going on, they put a lot of thought into a liner,
it? What do we do with our fiberglass build- and received his blessing. A wooden boat in
cosmetic. which they recently completed. Late this past
ing?” a shed with radiant heat in the floor dries out,
As far as major refits, or a larger repower, summer the first PYY-22 centre console was
The first objective was to get the yard up causing a lot of extra work. Other boats in this
these boats will be worked on in their primary sold and just as they were getting ready to
and running, service the storage customers, new heated shed includes, a unique Pearson,
work shop. One boat is getting a watermaker, start a customer came in and ordered the
while making the necessary modifications to a 48-foot California, a 47-foot Choey Lee, and
and another new rigging. Allen continued, “I center console model, which will be the first
the buildings. The building, which burned, two smaller day sailor.
would say for work overall this year we’re to use the liner. Allen said, “We are excited
was built by Cianbro and used to during the As for the amount of work, this year is
further ahead certainly over where we were about it. We put a lot thought into the liner
construction of the I-95 bridge between much better than last. Most of the work in the
last year.” and it is adaptable to both to the picnic
Portsmouth and Kittery. It was designed for heated storage building is cosmetic and gen-
Over at the Kittery Point yard they have version as well as the centre console. This is
heavy equipment and not boat repair. First on eral maintenance. They will also be doing the
hauled out the largest boat ever on their
Allen’s agenda was to have an office sepa- decks on the a 48 footer; and they have a
railway, a 70-ton 80-foot Hatteras. She has
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rate of the work areas. He was also looking for number of re-powers. As for the 47-foot
not been out of the water for sometime, so
more heated storage space to store and repair Choey Lee, they have about a four page work
boats. Next they began modifying the 10,000 order of various things. The customer, who
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