Page 18. MAINE COASTAL NEWS December 2011 Boat And Ship Yard News


This mini-submarine is a dedication to Capt. George Kittredge USN (26 May 1918 - 23 February 2010) of South Thomaston, who built a number of these submarines in Warren and South Thomaston. Kittredge had a very interesting Navy life, which started in World War II. For those interested in seeing this memorial it is at the dock in South Thomaston.


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cently sold and is coming in for work on her backbone, frames, planking.


There is plenty of work and all the bays are busy.


It is interesting to note that this yard is constantly looking to be more energy effi- cient. Just look at the roof on the storage shed and see the number of solar panels. They had an energy audit and did what needed to be done to be more efficient and still have better lighting.


Taylor Allen owner of Rockport Marine, has been a consultant to the project manager on the restoration of BLUENOSE II. BLUE- NOSE is suffering from hogging, which at a


2009 measurement saw a drop of about 3-feet at the stern. To repair this issue they will have to replace much of the vessel’s structure. The project has been undertaken by the Lunenburg Shipyard Alliance in Lunenburg. This Alliance is made up of Covey Island Boat Works, Lunenburg Industrial Foundry & Engineering and Synder’s Shipyard. They will replace the entire hull, machinery and wiring, but will save the spars, rigging, hard- ware and electronics. This project is expected to be completed this coming March.


Billings Diesel & Marine in Stonington has a very interesting project in their carpenter’s shop. In there is a Swan 45, which had been in a collision with a Baltic 51 late last


summer. Both of these boats had been rafted up together on a quiet summer evening in August. Unfortunately, during the night a squall came up and caused a major problem for the two as they became entangled, bounc- ing off each other and then began drifting towards shore. Fortunately a lobster boat came by and rendered assistance and towed both boats to safety. The fishermen refused any compensation, but both owners made a donation to the Island Fisherman’s Wives Association. The Swan 45 is in the shop and suffers from external, internal laminate and balsa core damage on the starboard side at the stern. They have had to remove this in sections and replace it as needed. They still have approximately 4 sections to do on the hull before it is entirely repaired. Once this is complete she will head to the spray booth about the first of the year. She will also have some additional work, which includes teak deck, sail drive, rudder and rails repair and varnish.


The Baltic 51 had holes in her portside and these have been repaired and then she was painted. She was back in the water by Labor Day weekend.


PINK LADY, a cruise vessel from Boothbay, will be arriving soon to be re- powered.


A Turkey built powerboat has been in for a number of repair jobs. They have rebuilt a door, done some engine and shaft service, resealed the deck prisms, repaired the bow thruster and the sewage tank. Then they painted her bottom.


There are three or four lobster boats that grounded this fall and suffered damage to their skegs. These have been repaired and relaunched.


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MINK, the mail boat for Isle au Haut, was in to have her foredeck replaced.


Brion Rieff Boatbuilder of Brooklin has a 42-foot sailboat hull under construction. This hull is cold moulded using four layers. The first layer is fore and aft, and they are presently putting down the second layer, which is diagonal. The third and fourth layer will also be diagonal. It is thought that this will all be completed in November and then they will begin to put in the interior while she is still upside down. It is hoped that she will be rolled over in March and finished next year. Last winter they built the parts and pieces for an Alerion 26. They are thinking of actually finishing this boat so that she is available this spring.


Two Alerions that were constructed at the yard have returned for winter mainte- nance. Also returning is a Newport 29, which will be stored and have some refit work done. In the design department they are work- ing on a 28 foot center console power boat, which they hope to put under construction this winter.


A number of boats are done by owners.


At Bass Harbor Wayne and Colyn Rich have been working on a 26 footer they purchased the middle of the summer. She was built in 1953 by Robert Rich at Bass Harbor Boat and is 26’ x 8’. This was Wayne’s grandfather and Colyn’s great-grandfather. She was owned by Josh Lawson who fished her for quite a few years before she was purchased by Robert ‘Chummy’ Rich, one of Robert’s sons, who bought her as a project boat. She was then sold to Hayward May who the Richs bought her from.


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They hauled the boat out in August and it was quickly evident that they needed to make repairs on both sides around the quarter guards at the stern. They remove two planks on the starboard side at the turn of the bilge and replaced a number of frames in this area. They did this by laminating the frames up and then putting them in before the epoxy had set up. They did this on both sides. They also realized they had a problem with her iron fastenings and some of these needed to be replaced. In the end they had replaced 2000 ¼-inch #14 bronze screws and made bungs for each. They next cut in the planks lines and added spray rails. Once this was complete they wooded the topsides and repainted them black. They still had some interior paint-


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