Page 14. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2012 Boat And Ship Yard News
Webhannet Boat Yard in Wells has just finished up hauling and storing boats for the year. They developed a unique system for catching materials loosened up from pres- sure washing hulls. This was done using a large piece of plastic containing a membrane all surrounded by a berm. Once they have completed pressure washing for the season it can be rolled up and put away until next year. Another change they made was elimi- nating the use of bottom paint that contained copper. They opted to switch to zinc based bottom paint, which is more environmentally friendly. While they were doing pressure washing this fall they tested the water consis- tently and also documented which boats were being washed. These testings all came back well below the accepted limit. They think that e-paint was a major factor in obtaining the low readings.
With the warm weather so far this fall they have been doing a lot of maintenance work around the yard. In the shop is their tractor and trailer for boat hauling which they are going through on her normal annual main- tenance. They also have hauled up their work boat and that will also be given its annual
Both of these boats are under construction at the ApprenticeShop in Rockland. The one on the left is a hard chine power boat and the other is a peapod. maintenance.
As for work this winter, there are a lot of little projects. A fiberglass 24 foot sailboat will be coming to have its brightwork redone. A 25 foot Shamrock is coming in for electric work. They will be adding a spotlight and hailer, which will all be run to the overhead. A 39 foot Ericsson is coming in to repairs made to its rudder. A Grady White power boat is coming in to have some fiberglass repair done on one side of her hull. The biggest job this year will be on a wooden boat, which was built at Southwest Boat Company in Southwest Harbor in 1962. She has been a yearly project and this winter they will be rebuilding her trunk and cabin.
Rumery’s Boat Yard in Biddeford has also finished hauling and putting boats away for the winter. They are now beginning to get some of these storage customers ready for next season.
A Sabre 462 is being outfitted for the upcoming Bermuda Race in June, which will be followed by an Atlanta crossing. They are completely going over all the systems and rig. They will also be adding a Navtronics elec-
tronic system and maybe replacing the gen- set if need be.
A 32 foot Hunter was struck in the tran- som this past season and she is in for some fiberglass repair. They have repaired her gelcoat and had her railings replaced by Shape Fabrication.
A Hinckley Bermuda 40 is coming in to have a boom roller furling system installed. The paint booth will be getting a Rhodes 18, which is for the Biddeford Pool Yacht Club.
As for the racing shells there has been a lot of interest from colleges and universities all over the country. It is amazing the amount of research and changes that were made to make these the best racing shells on the market. They think it is likely that they will build another one this winter.
So you are looking for a high-tech din- ghy? Rumery’s will be building one this win- ter using carbon fiber.
As for the Alerion sailboats, they are talking to a potential customer who is inter- ested, but wants teak decks and electronics. There are really no big jobs, but there is certainly a lot of little jobs to keep them busy
throughout the winter. Compass Project Newsletter
The students from South Portland High School’s One Classroom Project are con- structing a 17-foot Core Sound kit which was commissioned by Dick Gilbane of Cape Eliza- beth. There are 13 students in the group, seven of them are returning from last year. The group started putting the boat together in September, when the kit’s pieces arrived at the shop; their first step was labeling all the parts.
This boat is built using the stitch and glue construction method, it went from a pile of flat planks to a stitched together boat in one class period. They will spend the next couple of months installing all of the interior parts, which will include filleting and fiberglassing all of the seams and countless hours of sanding.
In the spring, they will flip the boat over and do all of the exterior work.
Another Winter Launch has come and gone—the fall they launched the lives of seven apprentices: Matt Costa, Sophie Meltzer, Alex Roderick, Drew Scott, Jeff Steele, Hobbs White and Adam Yanchunis nailed their work boots to the Shop wall. As Lance used to say, “You leave a little bit of your soul here!”
After graduation, all 17 Apprentices launched six boats.
Six River Marine in North Yarmouth has several projects in their shop this winter. Presently they are working on a Sabre 32.
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