Page 14. MAINE COASTAL NEWS May 2014 Boat And Ship Yard News
installed the systems. Now there is a lot of paint and varnish to do. They expect to launch her in June. A 30 foot power boat built at Bremen was hauled up and was to receive a new house, but that’s on hold until next winter. A Zephyr class, designed by C Mower, and totally rebuilt in 1990, came in and had a new mast step put in and her bottom stripped. Now it is all about the storage customers and that will keep them busy.
bays going.
Farrin’s Boat Shop in Walpole has three What some forget is that Farrin’s is not
The 27-foot Foggcraft under construction at Fogg Boat Works in North Yarmouth. Continued from Page 4.
na. This is the refi tting of a 116-foot steel schooner, which was fi nished in Turkey. The fi nish work and systems is being completely redone. To do this project she will need to be hauled out, which will be done later this spring.
In our last issue we reported that
Hodgdon’s acquisition of a building in Damariscotta. Here they are building two limousine tenders. Both of them will be fi nished later this year.
Riverside Boat in Newcastle is fi nish- ing up a rebuild project and a new construc- tion and also getting the storage boats ready for the upcoming boating season. The boat they rebuilt was a Malcolm Brewer 26-foot sloop built in East Boothbay in 1936. They replaced every other plank and added 34 sister frames. To do this, they had to take out the interior, which has been put back and now they are painting. The new boat under construction is a 31 foot Concordia, which they have had under construction for several years. This winter they put in the interior, put on the cabin and
only a fi ne yacht fi nisher, but also more than willing to fi nish out a lobster boat. In one bay is a Holland 38 being fi nished out as a lobster boat for a fi sherman from Martinsville. Her engine is a Cummins QL9 405 hp@2100 RPM. For accommodations she will have just a V-berth. She will be launched this summer.
In the same building is a 31-foot Eastern
being fi nished out as a sport fi shing boat for a customer from Bermuda. The engine, a Cummins QSB 5.9 425 hp, is in. As for accommodations she has only a head, stor- age and a small galley. Up in the shelter she will have a settee. This is strictly a day boat. Since she is a sportfi sh boat she will have a tower, bridge with a hardtop, tuna tank and door and nine rod holders.
In the back shop is a Newman 36, which
is been fi nished off as a pleasure boat. This boat had been a commercial boat and Far- rin’s has added full accommodations and really dressed her exterior up. She will be
launched this summer. Out in the yard is a Duffy 35, which will be coming in to be repowered with a 260 hp Cummins. They will also re-gelcoat her decks. A Mitchell Cove 32 lobster boat is also out the yard awaiting general maintenance and some cosmetic work.
Done is a 31 foot twin jet powered boat,
which was fi nished off 10 years ago. She was back for cosmetic work and an inspection of her engine and jets. They also redid her cockpit and hatch confi guration. She had nine hatches and now only two, which al- lows total access to each side of the engines.
Rockport Marine in Rockport has several projects underway.
In one bay they have a 50-foot Fontaine design sailboat. They planked her upside down and once done she was turned upside right. They are now working on the deck and interior. They are also working on the mechanical and electrical systems. She will be done this summer.
ZIPPER, a beautiful bright fi nished mahogany runabout, has had her bottom replaced. They also removed her engines, twin V8 GM gas, and these have gone back in. She is now at their other shop on Route 1 receiving paint and varnish. She will be returned to her owner on Clayton Lake 1 May.
Two Concordias, a 39 and 41, are in for
repairs. The 39 is getting all new fl oor tim- bers, fore foot and keel bolts. The 41 is being repowered and receiving new deadwood as well as other general repairs. FERN, an Aage Neilsen design and
built at Walstad in the 1950s, is having a complete refi t done. She will be receiving a new electric motor and minor repair work. The sardine carrier WILLIAM UN-
DERWOOD has been worked on most of the winter. They have been able to get in the deck frames, cabin sole, bulkheads and tankage. Her owner said that he is in the seventh year of a fi ve-year project.
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Front Street Shipyard in Belfast has increased its capacity by adding a new facility located in the neighboring town of Bucksport. The additional building houses a team of composites experts who are cur- rently beginning construction on a line of 30-foot multihull boats for Trefoil Marine. Reserved exclusively for Front Street Ship- yard’s production arm of the company, the Bucksport facility will continue to take on new construction opportunities as they arise. The 15,000-square-foot building was constructed in 2005 for another production boatbuilding company that has since down- sized. At this new location, Front Street Shipyard took delivery of the CNC-ma- chined plugs the builders are using to create hull and deck molds for the Trefoil high-performance T30 boats. Production boatbuilding will begin later this spring. “The opportunity to build the Trefoil boats brought about this expansion as well as new jobs,” said JB Turner, president of Front Street Shipyard. “Everyone in Bucksport has been very welcoming to our newly formed composites team, and we look forward to making the resourceful town our second home.” The T30 catamarans built in the Buck- sport facility will be used primarily for military and police patrol, fi re and rescue. The craft’s capabilities are applicable to the commercial and recreational markets as well. The fi rst of the boats will be launched in early summer.
Front Street Shipyard currently has six Continued on Page 18.
Photo Ann-e Blanchard
Photo Ann-e Blanchard
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