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will be ready later this spring. A hull built in England in 1972 as a kit boat was being fi nished by an owner but unfortunately he passed away before he completed the project. She has since been purchased by another owner who started replacing the interior and would call Hank to discuss what he needed to do next. Finally he realized that the best way to fi nish this project would be to ship the boat up to Hank, which he did this past fall. Presently they are working on doing some fi berglass work on the interior.
Great Harbor 26, hull #7, is being
fi nished out. Presently they are working on her deck and will be shortening her house to make for a bigger cockpit. When done this fall, she will be heading to the Chesapeake.
The Isle of Shoals ferry THOMAS LAIGHTON and the schooner ADVENTURE hauled out at Gloucester Marine Railway, Gloucester, MA.
Currently undergoing refi ts are a Lyman Morse 90’ motoryacht, a custom 122’ classic former steam yacht, an Ocean 80, a 92-foot Palmer Johnson ketch, and an 80-foot Burg- er motor-yacht. They also currently service and store 130 boats.
Front Street Shipyard’s expanded capabilities are expected to grow the in- ternational yachting community interest in coming to Maine for new boat construction and service. In talking with Steve White of Brooklin Boat Yard, who is one of the part- ners in Front Street, he said that they knew there was a void in the upper end of the yacht repair business, but never in his wildest dreams thought that this project would take off as it did.
Front Street is one of the biggest topics on the coast and for all the right reasons. Most of the yards feel that this will bring a lot of positive notoriety to the State of Maine and that means that more business will follow, which is great for everyone in the marine business.
Hank Hinckley in Bass Harbor is busy
fi nishing up work on one of his 26 footers. This is hull #3 and is about 12 or 13 years old. Her owner wants the boat to have less maintenance and thus they are removing most of her woodwork. At some point, wa- ter got into her and caused her cabin sole to discolor, which is now being replaced. They have made some other modifi cations and she
Classic Boat in Bernard has two new Pisces 21s underway. One will be coming to the Maine Boatbuilder’s Show in Port- land this March. She is being fi nished off for an owner here in Maine. The other will be heading to Cleveland, Ohio when she is completed later this spring. Inside the shop is a Morris Annie 29, which is about 30 years old. They have removed all of her fi ttings, rebuilt and made some modifi cation to the interior, like changing the V-berth to a workbench, added new electronics, and replaced the standing and running rigging. When all the repair work is completed she will be painted top to bottom, and her exterior teak will be stripped and revarnished.
Last season they added a new building
and now have 14,000 square feet of heated storage and 8000 square feet non-heated storage.
There are 70 storage boats and all of them have some degree of work before they are ready for the summer. This will keep the crew busy right into the summer season.
NEWS FROM AWAY Gloucester Marine Railway in
Gloucester, MA has the 90-foot THOMAS LAIGHTON, a ferry that goes between the Isle of Shoals in Portsmouth NH, is up on the ways and will be until April. She is having work done on her engine, running gear, roll- ing shocks, exterior rails and piping. Once this is all completed she will then be painted. The schooner ADVENTURE is up on the ways and nearly ready to go back in the water. They did fi ve or six new planks, in- stalled some new thru hull fi ttings and redid the deadwood so that there was less drag. The ferry OUTWARD BOUND, run- ning between Boston and Thompson Island, is having the gates in her bulwarks repaired as well as getting new hatches, pipe rails and a new generator.
One of the stars of the television reality
show “Wicked Tuna,” HARD MERCHAN- DISE (Capt. Marciano) is up on the hard. Earlier this winter she sank, and is now re- ceiving a new Cummins diesel engine along with a lot of other work to get her ready for the upcoming season .
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changes is the news business and especially print media. In some cases print media is already failing prey as can be seen with the failings of daily newspapers and magazines, who did not stay ahead of the technology curve. One wonders as the older generation passes, does print media go too? There will always be those that will never embrace the technology, but will there be enough to justify keeping print media alive? The niche publications probably will survive longer, but how long? Will everything move from paper to a smart phone, notepad or comput- er? If you are going to survive in today’s business world you better stay ahead of the curve or you will be left behind. Talking about old ways, the Maine
Boatbuilder’s Show is right around the corner and if you are reading this before the show, hope to see you there. Despite the vast amount of time involved in getting prepared, manning the booth and tearing down and getting home, most shows are enjoyable. Some see them as a pain, but like many old things there is still good value in them!
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