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ing completely rebuilt. They are currently working on her fl oors and frames. A 1958 38-foot Chris Craft Constel- lation is and the engine was removed and rebuilt. They are also re-wiring on the boat. A Lyman 22 is in to be repowered and have her topsides stripped and refi nished. The big news was Edgecomb Boat


Works has purchased the J. Ervin Jones yard in East Boothbay. They are redoing the building, which they will use for big proj- ects, and removing the railway and replacing it with a ramp.


Pemaquid Marine in Pemaquid has a new Banks Cove 22 under construction for a customer from NY/Cushing. Presently they are putting down her deck.


An older Banks Cove from Castine, one Charlie Pingree fi nished, is in to be rewired. A Padebco 22 is in to be repainted. A local Mako 21 sank in a storm last fall and she is in to be rewired.


Plus there is lots of paint, varnish and gel-coat repairs to be done.


Lash Brothers in Friendship has the


New Wesmac 46 in the shop being fi nished out as a lobster boat for a local fi shermen. Even being more than 17 feet wide they still


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were able to get her through the door and also think they can put her cabin on inside without a problem. This is a repeat customer. Just after graduating from high school six years ago he purchased a RP40, which he has sold to his father. The interior structure will be built of composite materials and there will be a little wood in the forward deck and washboards. For accommodations she will have a V-berth and hydraulic room. She is powered with a 750-hp 13 liter Iveco diesel. To get this project done Wes Lash has added a couple to the crew and she is scheduled to be done this spring. With a number of storage boats in the yard and repair work, Lash Brothers is busy. There is also talk of maybe another new Wesmac 46.


Otis Enterprises in Searsport has two boats in their shop.


In one bay is a Coronado 35 from Ver- mont in to be rehabbed. There is some minor glass work, upgrade the steering system, add new cushions, redo the wiring and then her owner plans to sail her home to Vermont. In the other bay is a centre console in need of some minor fi berglass repair, up- grade her paint job and then put down a bed liner on the deck. Travis Otis added that he is developing a 30 footer with a beam of 10 feet that will swing a 30-inch wheel. She is just in the design phase now, but they hope to have one completed in 2015.


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the part, so no detail is covered over. Since it is on the surface only, it is advisable to put a clear coat on the part afterwards. This method is especially useful to blacken brass chain. The process only takes a few minutes. If you are going to paint, you have many options. Rattle can, airbrush, paintbrush, other applicator (like a Q-tip). The bigger question is how are you going to hold those little parts? There are many inventive ways modelers have done this. You can put parts on toothpicks if there is a hole, then jam the toothpick into a block of styrofoam, or even tape it to the edge of your bench. If the part has no hole, a bit of beeswax on the toothpick works, too. Wire works well, again if the part has a hole, like a block or deadeye. Some modelers use forceps, which are like small locking pliers. One professional modeler I talked to puts pieces on a wire, then dips them in paint, and uses an empty airbrush to blow off the excess paint!


But a lot of modelers use double sided tape or masking tape sticky side up. The photos that follow are this method. No


Vsll sbouy Halu-out & winter storage


matter what method you use, it is VERY IMPORTANT to clean the parts. Easiest way is to immerse them in lacquer thinner, and swish around with a disposable brush. Once the parts are clean, drain the ex-


cess thinner, and dump the parts onto a clean paper towel. From this point on, do not touch the parts with your bare fi ngers. Now pull off a length of masking tape and two short pieces. Stick the short pieces halfway onto the sticky side of the ends of the length, and tape down to a piece of card- board. The sticky side of the length should be facing away from the cardboard. Now you can take tweezers and place all the parts you want to paint (of the same color of course) onto the tape, and they will stay put. Now you can spray paint the parts. Be sure to have adequate ventilation, and spray down at a 45 degree angle across all 4 sides. Once the parts have dried, you can lift the parts with a tweezer and fl ip them over, placing them back down on the spot you just pulled them up from.


And here are all the parts fl ipped, ready to get their other side painted. Such a simple way to paint multiple parts!


Now taking winter storage reservations


Classic Boat in Bernard has one Pisces nearing completion with three more to build. The second hull is done and they are making the parts for all four.


For repair work they have a Pisces in for topside paint; a Quickstep 24 is in for paint


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clean it up would be a Herculean effort to the point where some of us question if it is actually doable.


Fishermen and hunters better take heed


of some of the fi ghts ahead of them, because these special interest groups have their eyes on them. They have already attacked bear hunting and consistently they focus on the lobster industry. Maine is an easy target, the media is easily led astray and most groups are not organized to fi ght them.


So where is the future if the tide is not


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Boat Works is nearing completion on the restoration and modernization of TWIST. She is a 45 foot wooden lobster boat origi- nally designed and built by Donald Wilcox of Apponaug, Rhode Island and formally named HAZEL W. III. She actively fi shed for mussels and lobsters until being pur- chased by a Swiss physician in 2011. It was important to the new owner that TWIST re- tain the essence and character of the former HAZEL W. Bob Turcotte N/A of Topsham did the design work and this included a complete set of lines and stability studies as required for CE certifi cation in the European Union. TWIST is being restored as a modern cruising yacht. The strip built mahogany hull has been sheathed with fi berglass cloth and West system then Awlgripped. All new construction is foam core composite. She is powered with a 500 hp C9 Caterpillar diesel that was built to meet the stringent European emission standards with a Twin Disc 506 reverse gear. Running gear includes R.E. Thomas cutlass bearing and stuffi ng boxes, a stainless steel shaft, a four blade wheel and a new, larger manganese bronze rudder. The generator is a Northern Lights 5kw that is detuned to 4.5 kw, providing 230v AC, the common European voltage. She also has a fully integrated Raytheon electronics package, Hydroslave steering, and accom- modations which will comfortable sleep 6. A bow thruster and windlass were added for ease of operation. Bomon supplied the alu- minum framed windows .The owner asked for two particular features: a Desalinator for making fresh water, which is in short supply in parts of Europe and a hydraulically oper- ated, folding, convertible transom tailgate that doubles as a swim/boarding platform. Currently they are laying the teak cockpit deck and building a wooden electronics mast with boom that will support a cockpit bimini. TWIST will be fl agged in Switzerland and used in the waters around Croatia. A spring launching and sea trials are planned. Deliv- ery will be by freighter to a port in the Med.


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