Page 18. MAINE COASTAL NEWS May 2012 Boat And Ship Yard News


MADI GAIL is Calvin Beal 44 laid up at SW Boat Works of Lamoine and finished off by Phil Corson, Todd Goodell, Leon Hubbard, Travis Mace and Aaron Tibbetts, as a lobster boat for her owner from Bar Harbor. She is powered with a 500-hp John Deere diesel with a 2.5:1 Twin Disc gear and a 32 x 34 four blade propeller. On sea trials she did 22 knots.


and test flown was QH-50A in 1960. It took another two years to begin appearing in the fleet. Many changes would occur as the evolution continued. There were some prob- lems, one being vibration that affected the barometric flight control and caused a num- ber of them to crash. The Navy would place an order two plus one backup for each of their 240 destroyers undergoing modifications. Due to issues (electronic system failures, controller-pilot error. Enemy action and air- frame/engine failure) the DASH program was terminated on 30 November 1970. The pro- gram continued with the QH-50, known as SNOOPY, which were reconnaissance flights used in Vietnam. They also used these to test anti-aircraft missiles and air defenses.


Even after the last one rolled off the assembly line in 1969, Gyrodyne continued to supply parts. The company moved to Los Angeles in 1999 and tried to rekindle interest in the DASH. With a lack of support from the Department of Defense Gyrodyne ceased operations shortly after.


Buxton Boats at Sunset on Deer Isle is in the process of lofting a wooden boat for a local owner. This boat is the second one designed by Peter Buxton and is 38 feet in length with a 13 foot beam. He made some changes from his last one, which was 36 feet in length. He has made the stem more plump, given her a narrower entry and the buttocks lines are little straighter aft. She will be con-


KAYLA MARIE, a Calvin Beal 38, hull and top laid up by SW Boatworks of Lamoine and finished off by Taylored Boats as a lobster boat. She is powered with a 500-hp John Deere diesel with a 2.5:1 ZF gear and a 32 x 32 propeller. On sea trials she did 23.8 knots.


structed with cedar over oak and they have already started working on her backbone and moulds. For accommodations she will have a V-berth, an enclosed head and galley. She is scheduled to be done next year. The English cutter that is in the shop is very near being done. She only needs to have some paint, wiring, and guards put on. She is scheduled to be completed later this spring.


Classic Boat in Bernard is having a great spring with new construction and storage and repair.


There were three new Pisces underway this winter. The first one to be completed this winter, BLUE FISH, will be heading to Hingham, MA in early May. DAGNY is cur- rently having her deck put down. The Pisces 21 TRILLIUM was com-


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pleted last fall and stayed in storage at the yard for the winter. Her owners are from Buffalo, NY and made their first trip to the yard the end of March to see their boat for the first time. TRILLIUM was loaded on a trailer and they drove her home where she will sail out of the Buffalo Yacht Club.


Classic Boat presented Chuck Paine, the designer of the Pisces 21, with a half-hull to show their appreciation for the models suc- cess.


S. W. Boat Works in Lamoine has a number of boats on order and they will be busy right into the fall.


They are putting the final touches on a 38 foot Calvin, which is being finished out as a yacht for a customer from York. The final touches included wiring, woodwork and sys- tem hookups. When these are done, she is scheduled to head to Morris Yachts to be painted. She is powered with a Cummins QSM 670-hp diesel engine. They hope to have her overboard in May.


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Another 38 is being finished out as a sport fisherman for a customer from New York. She is just being started and they are installing the engine, which is a Cummins QSM 715-hp diesel. She will be done this fall. There are number of other hulls on order: A Calvin 38 hull has been shipped to Rockland to be finished by her owner; a 38 hull and top will be shipped to the midcoast to be finished; a Calvin 44 hull has been shipped to her owner in the mid-coast who will finish her; a Calvin 44 has been shipped


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