April 2010 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15.
Boat And Ship Yard News
is a high priority, but a failure in a fitting, pipe, docks.
hose or a hull breach can still happen. A two-
inch hole your boat only one foot below the At Lowell Brothers in Yarmouth the
waterline will fill a 55 gallon drum in 40 sec- new 38-footer (hull #1) is out of the mould.
onds! This is a far greater volume than bilge They have the bulkheads in and they are
pumps can keep up with. TruPlug is the getting ready to put in the engine beds when
modern alternative to wooden emergency they get them from the machine shop. Next
plugs and should be included in every boats will be the fuel tanks and deck. The top is done
damage control kit. and is ready to go on. They hope to have this
Maine Yacht Centre is now a member of one done the end of summer.
the Maine Clean Boatyards & Marina Pro-
gram. This program is a collaborative partner- Fogg Boat Works in North Yarmouth
ship among industry, state and federal agen- has been working on a 55-foot Grebe
cies and environmental organizations dedi- powerboat, which had been condemned by a
cated to promoting best management prac- surveyor. She has been totally rebuilt and
tices in boatyards and marinas. The Program this included frames, floors, planks as
will help preserve and improve the natural needed, all thru hulls, cabin beams and trunk
resources upon which the industry and the roof and a new interior. The cabin roof was
people of Maine depend by reducing pollu- done with tongue and groove mahogany and
An aluminium bug-boat just finished by Kustom Steel of Brewer.
tion. the cabin sole is teak and holly. She will be
The program is designed help partici- finished and launched later this spring. built a couple of years ago; and an aluminum you know the rest of the story. Meanwhile
pants assess and improve performance in the In the shop is the 1947 Alden designed boat is coming in for a keel. She had been other products (those without spars in them)
areas of stormwater management, erosion, HISPANIOLA, which is in for a lot of cos- powered with an inboard engine and has were using up our production capacity and
sedimentation control; boat maintenance metic work. This included all the interior var- been changed to an outboard, which in- they decided to (prematurely) park the 452.
and repair, fueling activities/petroleum con- nish and exterior paint and varnish. They also creased her speed considerably. Over the last two years they have heard
trol; waste recycling, disposal and storage; fixed the deck and added 200 pounds of lead countless people ask at boat shows, for a
boat pumpouts and sewage. Maine Yacht to the centreboard. This boat certainly exem- Some time ago Sabre, Inc. of South larger Sabre and finally after Annapolis last
Center is committed to doing their part to keep plifies what cruising is all about, beautiful and Casco announced that they would be re- year when they felt that the worst of the
Casco Bay free of harmful pollutants. comfortable. introducing the Sabre 456 (ex-452) and that downturn had past, they went back to the
Next, they will be working on an Egg day has finally come when they have a good home office and presented the plan to re-start
Royal River Boat Yard in Yarmouth has Harbor power boat. They will strip and re- color rendering of the boat to show off. A little production of the 45.
just completed recoring a C&C 40 from the paint her topsides and cabin. They will have background: At the time when they were There were many good things about the
waterline down. This was an extensive job, to deal with some minor rot issues in the cabin building the 452 in full production they had 45 and there were things that were not in
which they started last fall. They also did first. two or three dealers who would step up and keeping with today’s design standards. And
some mechanical work and she is now ready Other work has included building an order stock boats which we supported with so their efforts have been focused on recre-
for a summer of cruising the coast. aluminum pilothouse for a barge they had interest reimbursement etc as most builders ating the interior spaces to ensure complete
Some of the other do with their dealer’s inventory. Over time comfort for a cruising couple with occasional
jobs include: A Tiara 31 is however our dealers found themselves hold- guests. And at the same time making sure that
in and is having her 8.1 ing on to stock boats for too long and became the boat can go great distances and be very
gasoline engine rebuilt; resistant to stocking this model. That in turn
several bottom jobs with led to fewer boat shows, fewer sales and well,
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barrier coatings; cabin
sole on a sailboat; a 40-
foot Hinckley is getting a
new galley; a 41-foot Classic Yacht Models
Mercer was revarnished
and painted; a 38-foot
Novi had her shaft re-
aligned and bearings re-
paired; and built some
new docks.
There are lots of
other smaller jobs keep-
ing them very busy this
year. They are have some
outboards to install; and
lots and lots of varnish-
ing and painting.
With the warm
weather they have al-
ready launched their first
boat of the season the
first week of March. The
following week they
planned to put in their
Spring is here!
Stop by to check
Robert H. Eddy & Associates
19 Neillehaven Drive | Camden, Maine 04843
out our inventory!
207 - 236 - 6579
www.yachtmodels.com
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