Page 14. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2011 Boat And Ship Yard News


The sport boat version of the limousine tender looks almost the same, but does not have the top. She is also powered by a Volvo inboard/outboard with the helm forward. She will be used for recreational fishing, water skiing and other on-the-water activities. Hull #409 has been delivered, but they are not allowed to say anything about her. She was a motor yacht going to a foreign customer.


Presently at their facility in Richmond they are constructing the interior for a 150- foot motor yacht under construction in Florida. This project will take them two years to complete.


They are also doing some research work for the U. S. Navy.


The steam yacht CANGARDA at Wayfarer Marine where she will be worked on this winter.


Boothbay Region Boatyard on Southport Island is focusing more on their storage customers than on major projects. This yard stores approximately 260 boats of various sizes.


This winter they have two paint jobs. One is on an 18-foot Cape Dory Typhoon, which will be a total restoration. She will be painted light blue and given new rigging and a new set of sails. The other boat in for paint will be an Albin 28.


The first 36-foot Hinckley Picnic Boat is in having her dash modified. This is a compli- cated woodworking job being done so they can make alterations to her electronics. There are seven Hinckley Picnic Boats stored at the yard and one of these will be getting a new joy stick.


Late in the fall gale force winds caused damage to two boats at anchor off Boothbay Region Boat Yard. One was a 44-foot Bristol, which went aground, but only suffered very minor fiberglass damage.


Last year they repaired blister problems on the bottoms of two boats using the soda blasting system. They found this system much better than others and are encouraging


anyone with a blister problem to use this system. The soda blasting, which is done by a subcontractor, removes all the paint and when done there is no mess. The crew at the yard then puts on three coasts of Interprotect 2000 system and three coats of paint.


Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay has been busy.


BLACK KNIGHT is in for new decks. She was built by Goudy & Stevens of East Boothbay in 1968 and was originally named CASSIAR. There are three decks laid one on top of the other and this will create a slight challenge for the crew. There also may be more work, but that has not yet been decided. They recently delivered a 10.5 meter lim- ousine tender to the Caribbean. She was designed by Michael Peters. This boat was designed to take guests from shore to the larger yacht. She has a leather interior, an entertainment centre, air conditioning and the top goes up and down. When the top is up there is standing head room for the guests so that it is easier getting on and off the boat. She is powered with a Volvo inboard/out- board.


Samoset Boat Works in Boothbay is working on building a Marblehead 22 One Design. The hull is cold moulded and is complete. They have also finished putting down the deck and building a small cuddy cabin. The house will be lifted off while they faired and paint. The keel is on and the rudder will be shortly. The rudder will be built using a post and web frame, foam covered with a carbon skin. She is scheduled to be finished and at the Maine Boatbuilder’s Show this spring.


They also have an Etchells 22 sitting outside waiting to come in. She went aground and suffered some fiberglass damage to her bottom. The bottom will be stripped and refinished and they will also make repairs to the wet core in her deck.


EIGHT BELLS, which was owned by the late Ted Leonard of Bangor/Boothbay, is coming in to be Awlgripped and to have her rub rail repaired and brightwork refinished.


At Lyman-Morse Boatbuilders in Thomaston the big job this winter is replacing the decks on the 98-foot WHITE HAWK. They will also replace her fuel tanks and several other minor projects before she is relaunched this spring.


They are redoing the interior on a Saga 48. This includes removing the interior helm station and moving the navigation/electrical panel.


A 40-foot powerboat is in and will have her flybridge removed and replaced with a new one. They also have some interior joiner work to do, as well as painting her. A Northeast 38 will have all her exterior wood replaced and then entirely painted. She will receive new deck hardware and rigging and her rig will be painted.


An East Bay 55 is in to be repowered with twin Caterpillars. They have completely gut- ted her engine room and are replacing the AC pump, water heaters and the battery bank.


French & Webb of Belfast is progress- ing well on the 8 meter QUEST. She is a Fife design and was built in Canada in 1926. Fife built the sawn frames for this boat, which are every third frame and shipped them to her builder. The other frames were done by the builder in Canada. French & Webb’s crew removed the ballast and replaced the back- bone. They also replaced the metal floors. The ballast was removed and redone to the original specifications by Mars Metal. She has a new backbone and a lot of new frames. They were presently working on the deck. She will be launched this spring and will be sea trialed off Belfast before heading back to her home port of Toronto.


As for new construction the 34-foot Herreshoff yawl is almost complete and will be launched this spring.


They will soon begin construction on an 11 meter day sailor, which was designed by Mark Fitzgerald of Camden.


Brion Rieff in Brooklin has three Herreshoff Alerion 26s under construction. This is a modification of the original Alerion and sport full keels. They built and launched one in August, which went to a customer from Hancock Point. The second hull will be going to East Blue Hill, the third to Lake Erie and the fourth is being built on spec. The hull for number three is complete and they will begin hull number four shortly, which should be done sometime in January. All the parts have been made and each boat will go together at the same time and all will be launched this spring.


A 42 foot cutter with a double ended Norwegian stern, which will be built for a repeat customer, is also underway in the shop. The moulds have been cut out and are set up and they are building the stem, stern post and keel.


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On the drawing board is a 32 and 52 foot version of the 42 foot cutter. The 53 foot version will be traditionally planked for a customer from Brooklin and should be started this spring.


At John Williams at Hall Quarry on Mount Desert Island they have a number of projects underway this winter. In the main shop are two Bunker & Ellis cruisers. One is a 39 footer built in 1960. She is in having her wash boards, deck beams and sheer clamp replaced. They will also replace the side win- dows. Three years ago this boat was in and they added a bow seat just forward of the trunk cabin with a companionway down into the cabin. The other Bunker & Ellis is HUSHAI II, a 42 footer built in 1954. She is having her platform and deck beams re- placed. These two boats will also receive their annual maintenance.


Another project is on the Hinckley 51 LANCER, which suffered storm damage. They have soda blasted the bottom and then thermo imaged it to make sure there was no unseen damage. There was no major damage but they did some fiberglass repairs on the


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