September 2012 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15. Boat And Ship Yard News
This is SONNY at Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin, which has a new owner, who has opted to make her look like new. She will be in the shop for most of the winter as she is re-done.
business offi ce and possibly crew accommo- dations. Front Street now has 72,555 square feet of space for yacht storage and 10,320 square feet of shop space on a six-acre prop- erty with 1,500 feet of waterfront. There are fi ve storage buildings and an additional 6.5 acres of off-site storage. Front Street Ship- yard currently employs 82 people, and the management team hopes to grow its work- force with the additional work facilitated through the purchase of Belfast Boatyard.
Brooklin Boat Yard of Brooklin has been very busy this summer. In the main shop is SONNY, which has a new owner and he is making extensive up- grades. All the systems will be upgraded and these include: air conditioning, refrigeration and bow thrusters. They have removed lots and lots of wire, but due to technological advances the replacement is just a fraction of the size. The engine, which was a Yanmar diesel, will be replaced with a Volvo. The owner wants her to look like new and she will be ready next spring.
Another great project has been on VIX- EN, a 1936 15 Square Metre. They replaced about 66 percent of her frames, a number of fl oors, stern post, all her bottom planking, deck and house. She is now ready to be re- launched.
The Bill Tripp designed IOR racer
AURORA is in for work. They repainted her decks, added U.S. Coast Guard certifi ed bulkheads, bunks, removeable anchor roller, roller furling jib, port lights, and holding
tank system. She was then being readied for a dockside stability test, which was sched- uled for mid-August. A 34-foot L. Francis Herreshoff designed ketch, which had been built in Canada, was in for some work. They have replaced cabin sides and repaired an area at the junction of the stern post and horn timber. They have been surprised at the number of jobs, both new installations and rebuilds. As for up-coming projects they are bidding on a 47-footer; a 72-footer, an inter- esting German Frers design; and a 36-foot Fountain Friendship.
They have also announced the devel- opment of the Eggemoggin 45’ Flybridge Motoryacht. The design is an unrealized design from the Joel M. White design col- lection. Joel White founded Bro oklin Boat Yard in 1960. He was a charismatic and accomplished designer, and is credited with the design of numerous popular designs such as the Nutshell Pram, the Marsh Cat, Center Harbor 31 and the W-76 Class. Lesser know are his powerboat designs.
The hull, which will be constructed of
wood/epoxy, will have a length of 45 feet 11 inches, beam 13 feet, draft 2 feet 8 inches, and displacement 19,000 lbs. Her base price is: $1.25m.
For more information contact Steve White, at (207) 359-2236 or e-mail at:
swhite@brooklinboatyard.com.
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