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This late 1920s Elco is being given a new coat of paint by her owner at Reo Marine in South Portland.


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For the last several years they have not built any furnaces by choice, however they are still doing a number of propellers. Pres- ently they had doing a 34-inch three-blade, which will be going to Canada and a 24 x


Washburn & Doughty in East Booth- bay is staying very busy building tugboats. Hull #108 is being built for Marine


Towing of Tampa. She was launched in October and is scheduled for delivery by the


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clams. Traps used included lobster traps as well as specialized traps designed for spe- cifi cally for harvesting crabs.


Of the 208 traps set, 193 had crabs in


them. The communities with the most crabs per trap were Stockton Springs with 191, Freeport with 181 and Scarborough with 151.


While Kanwit acknowledges that the variables in trap type and bait used make the data imperfect for scientifi c research, the project did accomplish its most important goal. “We were able to verify reports from harvesters that green crabs are present in most of the towns in numbers that are detri- mental to bivalve shellfi sh resources,” said Kanwit.


The event included presentations by entrepreneurs who are hoping to capitalize on the green crab population by processing them for aquaculture fi sh meal and other products. However Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher reiterated the Department’s position that green crabs are an invasive species to be controlled if not eradicated. The Commissioner, who decided last summer to get a fi rst-hand look at the problem, visited areas of the coast with known concentration of green crabs. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, “said Commissioner Keliher. “I was astounded by the prevalence of green crabs.” He was


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not only surprised by the number of crabs, but by their destruction of eel grass beds, important as habitat and an indicator of near shore environmental health. “The absolute destruction was nothing short of amazing.” The site visits helped confirm the


Commissioner’s resolve to work toward eradicating green crabs versus managing them as a sustainable resource, which is the goal of commercial fi sheries management. “Do we want to manage an invasive species for sustainability? My answer is no,” Keliher said. “I’m pleased to see all the different stakeholders attending today and taking part in this discussion and I’ll continue to listen to ideas that advance economic opportunity. But at the end of the day, we need to fi nd a way to eradicate them.”


Summit webcast recordings can be


found at http://www.seagrant.umaine. edu/green-crab-summit. More infor- mation on green crabs can be found at http://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/inva- sives/GreenCrabs.htm. The DMR will be hosting another information session at the Fisherman’s Forum in March and will also be holding a workshop for municipalities in early 2014 on how to implement a green crab control plan. Information on those events will be available on the DMR website at www.maine.gov/dmr/index.htm.


Now taking winter storage reservations


24 will be heading to the West Coast. They are also doing several of their anchors.


The new 50-footer under construction at Rockport Marine in Rockport.


end of the year. She is 93 feet long with a 38 foot beam and is a redesign of the 92 foot version. The redesign was so that they could accommodate a 6000 hp engine, which is what customers are now looking for. This one is powered with twin 5150-hp Caterpil- lar diesels with Rolls-Royce drives. She also sports FiFi1, a very high output fi refi ghting system.


Hulls #107 and #109 are also 93 footers with 6000-hp engines. One will be launched in January and the other in the spring. Both of these boats are for Moran Towing. Hull #110 is a 93 footer and she is being built for McAllister Towing. She will not be launched until late summer or early fall. Even though all of these boats are 93 footers most of them have slight differences in their accommodations and equipment. Between the building shop and the


offi ce they have excavated an area which is for the new fab shop. This building should be completed by the end of spring. This will allow them to build more units and be more effi cient.


Rockport Marine in Rockport is in the early stages of constructing a 50-foot custom wood composite sloop from the drawing boards of Fontaine Design Group. Designed for New England cruising and daysailing, the new yacht measures 50.3 feet overall with a waterline length of 36.6 feet and a beam of 12.7 feet. The Fontaine 50 is a carefully considered blend of wood and composite construction, with a wood composite hull, teak deck and wood com- posite cabintop. The fi nished yacht, which will launch in summer 2014, will draw her performance and durability from the fusion of these diverse construction methods. Rockport Marine’s team of builders is constructing the yacht’s hull of wood over laminated frames, laminated ring frames and


composite bulkheads. The yacht will have one ½-inch layer of Alaskan Yellow cedar, two ⅛-inch layers of Western Red cedar, and one ½-inch layer of mahogany under a 10-oz fi berglass cloth. Currently the yacht’s hull is in the fi nal stages of the building pro- cess. The main deck will be constructed of two layers of plywood laid over laminated deck beams and covered with natural quar- ter-sawn teak. The cockpit will have painted sides and the cabintop will be built of teak over plywood and cedar.


“This is the second Fontaine-designed yacht in a row we’ve built here at Rockport Marine,” said Taylor Allen, president of Rockport Marine Inc. CARY ALI, a Friend- ship 36, was launched this fall. “Our own designers and builders have developed a strong working relationship with Fontaine Design Group and our shared clients.” The Fontaine 50 is a fi n-keel sloop with a displacement around 28,400 pounds - 11,134 pounds of which is ballast. Her masthead sail plan includes a 115% genoa, 154% reacher, and fully battened mainsail by North Sails. Her carbon spars, which include an in-boom furling system, will be built by Offshore Spars. She will sail com- fortably in a range of conditions. Rockport Marine will chronicle the


Fontaine 50’s construction process through photos and narrative online at www.rock- portmarine.com, on Facebook, and through video on YouTube. Specifi cations: Length overall: 50.33’ (15.34 m); Length DWL: 36.58’ (11.15 m); Beam max: 12.66’ (3.86 m); Draft: 7.3’ (2.24 m); Displacement: 28,400 lbs. (12,882 kg); Ballast: 11,134 lbs. (5,050 kg); I: 65.58’ (19.99 m); J: 17.23’ (5.28 m); P: 62.99’ (19.20 m); E: 31.30’ (9.54 m); 115% Min. Fore triangle area: 641 sq. ft. (59.5 sq. m); Mainsail area: 743 sq. ft. (69 sq. m); Total sail area: 1384 sq. ft. (128.6 sq. m); Engine:


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