MAINE BOATBUILDERS SHOW Page 5. Exhibitor Location by Building


BY BUILDING Building 1


Artisan Boatworks Areys Pond Boatyard Adirondack Guideboat Beetle Inc.


Cape Cod Shipbuilding Back Cove Yachts Bristol Boat Co.


John Deere Marine/Bell New England Bow Thruster Pulsifer Hampton


Robinhood Marine Center Sound Boat Works West Point Skiff


Building 2


Alden Rowing Shells Atlantic Boat Company Brooks Boats Designs Bay of Maine Boats The Boat School Canvas Tek


Clint Chase Boatbuilder Covey Island Boatworks Fatty Knees Boat Co. Gannon & Benjamin Great Island Boat Yard Hodgdon Yachts IYRS


Island Cow Ice Cream John Williams Co. Inc. Kittery Point Yacht Yard Landing School of Boatb... Maine Boats, Homes & Maine Built Boats Maine Coastal News Maine’s First Ship Marc Horey Boatbuilding Mack Boring


Norseboat Sailing & Rowing Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Ocean Pursuits, LLC Ross Bros. Seal Cove Boat Yard Six River Marine South Shore Boat Works Stroudwater Boatworks US A-Team Wilbur Yachts WoodenBoat Publications Yankee Marina


Building 2 Second Floor A.L. Brown


Airhead Products American Schooner Assoc. Atlas Metal Sales Bar Harbor Bank Becket & Co. Benford Design Bete Fleming Boats & Harbors Boatwise


Bohndell Sails Bristol Bronze Chase Leavitt Co. Coastal Climate Control Cumberland Iron Works Custom Float Service D. N. Hylan & Assoc. E. D. Bullard Co. East Coast Yacht Sales Edson Corp. Featherbow Fleet Sheets


Front Street Shipyard George Kirby Jr. Paint GMT Composites Good Old Boat Magazine Graham Gear Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales Harbor Sales Co. Heritage Panelgraphics Hurricane Island Imtra


International Chromium Knight Underwater Bearing Maine Coast Marketing Maine Maritime Academy Maine Sailing Adventures Maine Yacht Center Interlux/Awlgrip Maritime Funding Assoc. Martin Walter Company Moosehead Marine Museum Mudd Knives


National MS Society Nautilus Marine Fabr… Navtronics


Noreast Marine Systems Ocean Link


Ocean Navigator Ocean Options Inc. OffCenterHarbor.com Paul E. Luke, Inc.


Pettit Paint Points East PYI Inc.


Sawyer & Whitten Marine Sea Bags


Sea Hawk Paints Seas of Peace


Smithwick & Mariners Soundings


Swanson Boat Co. T & L Tools Teak Decking System Tow Boat USA Travelers Insurance US Coast Guard Aux. US Power Squadron Waterman Marine Corp. West Bay Boats West System Inc. Women Under Sail


Building 3


East Sail Yachts Euro Marine Trading General Marine, Inc. Gil Smith Classic Boatworks


Building 3 Second Floor Antiques Tools


Brunswick Cushion Co. Compass Project Hallett Canvas & Sails Harbour Lights Henri Lloyd Maine Island Trial Assoc. Nantucket Bag RBG Cannons Shaw and Tenney


Building 4


Acadian Seaplanes Allied Boat Works BRP US Inc. Blue Nose Yacht Sales Classic Boat Shop Cummins NE Eastern Boats Epifanes North America Hamilton Marine Hunt Yachts


Marine Learning Centre Maritime Boats Portland Yacht Services


Help Save the Steamer KATAHDIN


MOOSEHEAD LAKE – For those of us who sometimes venture away from the coast from time to time, one of our favourite places is Moosehead Lake. Coming over the last hill and seeing this huge lake spread out in front of you is one of the most spectacular views in the State of Maine. It was not long ago when the lumber industry was pulling logs across the lake using steam vessels. One of the treasurers of this region is the steamer KATAHDIN, which is run by the Moosehead Marine Museum, but she now needs your help.


In 2012, KATE as she is affectionately known, is going to have to undergo a major bottom job. She is going to need sandblast- ing, partial keel replacement, and bottom paint. This means she will require either to be dry-docked or hauled up on the hard to com- plete this restoration project. All of this will cost approximately $500,000. Supporters of KATE have been able to raise about $200,000, but need to raise another $300,000 or so by next August so they can haul her at the end of this year’s cruising season.


As part of the fundraiser the Moosehead Marine Museum has secured a booth at the Maine Boatbuilders’s Show in Portland on 16-18 March. They hope by doing this that they can get businesses and the public ex-


cited about getting involved in donating money and/or services or material for the bottom’s restoration.


This project has been named McKeil’s Keel after USM Professor ‘Duke’ McKeil, who spent so much time and effort, first helping save the KATAHDIN from destruc- tion in 1976, redefining its role in life and leading a group of local citizens and business people to establish what is known today as the Moosehead Marine Museum. Professor McKeil sadly passed away this past Septem- ber. “Duke” was Professor Emeritus in the College of Business at USM for over 30 years, was loved and respected by all of his stu- dents and faculty, many of whom it is hoped will support this project.


What most people fail to realize is the economic impact of KATE on the Moosehead Lake region. She makes sched- uled voyages around the lake from Memorial to Columbus Day. They also charter her for special events, such as weddings and Rock & Roll cruises.


KATE was built at Bath Iron Works in 1914. An article appeared in the June 1914 issue of the Maine Industry Journal, “The new steel passenger boat for the Coburn Steamship Co., to take the place on Moosehead Lake of the one burned last fall


Ranger Tugs


Rosborough Boats Rumery’ s Boatyard Sail Maine Seaway Boats Southport Boats Stazo Marine Variprop/varifold Victron Energy NA Windward Passage


Building 5


Bath Industrial Tools Beta Marine Bomon Inc.


Boothbay Harbor Shipyard Brion Rieff Brooklin Boat Yard C.W. Hood Yachts Edgewater Boats Elco Motor Yachts Grey Barn Boatworks Hansen Marine Kraft Power Corp. Lyman Morse Boatbuild MMES Custom Panels McDermott Light


Motor Services Hugo Stamp NuTeak New England Padebco Custom Yachts Pemaquid Marine Pompanette/Hood Yacht R & W Traditional Rigging Seldon Mast


South Port Marine Wedgewood Boats Yachting Solutions Yorks Marine


Outside


Classic Boat Retro Marine Salt Water Workshop


Building 11 MMA – Alumnae


is now completed. This is the first steel pas- senger boat on the lake and will take the name of the old steamer, KATAHDIN. Its route is Greenville, Mt. Kineo and N. E. Carry. It is the largest boat on the lake and dimensions are 126 feet long and 24 feet beam. It has three decks and a passenger capacity of 700 pas- sengers. The engines and boiler of the steamer KATAHDIN, destroyed by fire, were used in the new boat. The engine is com- pound, 15 and 28 x 18. It is expected that the boat will show a speed of 14 miles. P. J. Robinson, manager of the Coburn Steamship Co., is to command the new craft.” KATE was later converted from steam to diesel power. She is also now listed as a National Historic Landmark.


The Moosehead Marine Museum, who


operates KATE, was formed in 1976 using KATE as their main attraction. Since their founding they have amassed a fine collection of steamboat items about steamboating on the lake. One can trace the history of steamers on the lake back to 1836. Over the past 176 years there has been approximately fifty steamers plying the lake. They carried pas- sengers, livestock, mail, supplies and equip- ment, mostly for the lumber and tourist indus- try. The advent of roads around the lake decreased the need for the steamers, but KATE remained and continued to haul logs around the lake until 1975.


If you are interested in helping to save a true maritime treasure call (207) 695-2716 or (207) 671-0540.


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