Page 14. MAINE COASTAL NEWS June 2014 Boat And Ship Yard News
painted. She was also to receive a survey, which meant pulling off several planks. There are rumors that someone is interested in purchasing her.
The Wesmac 46 under construction at Lash Boatyard in Friendship.
Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Booth- bay Harbor has just completed work on the Portland fi reboat. They did minor system work, blasted the hull and painted her above the waterline.
The fuel boat DUFF from Rockland is up and they are modifying her into a double
hull vessel. They are building tanks inside and she will be repowered with an FPT 380 hp diesel engine. Her exterior will be blasted and she will be given a coat of paint inside and out.
The Grand Banks schooner SHER- MAN ZWICKER was to be hauled out and
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Boothbay Region Boatyard on South- port Island has been busy throughout the winter. Inside the main repair shop they have a Penbo 36, which had her cabin and bridge replaced. This also meant that her inside dash and helm area were also replaced. When they replaced the helm area they upgraded the steering system. This project was started in December and will be done late spring, as they are now putting on the fi nishing touches. A Hinckley 36 jet boat was in and had her deck and house painted. She also had her electronics upgraded and her toe rails removed and re-bedded. A Sabre 48, which is just a couple of years old, was in and had a full oven in- stalled.
Like many of the yards along the coast
of Maine. They have done a lot of smaller projects, which includes installation of engine coolers, a couple of engine rebuilds, electronics and the usual annual mainte- nance on all their storage boats.
Lash Boatyard in Friendship is pro- gressing well on their Wesmac 46 hull, which they are fi nishing out as a lobster boat for a local fi sherman. The trunk cabin is on and they are presently framing up the house. The platform and down forward is done. She is scheduled to be launched in mid-June. Outside they have a couple of repair
jobs waiting. One is on a Mitchell Cove 35, which needs to have her engine replaced. They also have several storage customers that need to be ready to go over soon. Two are Herreshoff 12½s.
For those interested, they have an open- ing for a new boat build in July.
York Marine in Rockland is laying up parts and pieces for a customer as well as doing several repair jobs.
They have made plugs and moulds for a dash, deck with hatches and console for a center console boat for a boatbuilder. An Annie 30 is in for a complete reno- vation inside and out.
They rebuilt the cabin top for a large yacht stored at a yard in Portland. They also rebuilt her titanium rudder. A Hinckley 36 picnic boat came in to be rebuilt. She needed bow and bottom repairs and then she will be Awlgripped. She also received a new electrical system. They have completed rebuilding two boats for Massachusetts Maritime Academy. These are Monomoy 20 footers. They also built a new hardtop for Cros- by yachts, did an interior on a York 36, and are doing restoration work on a Hinckley Bermuda 40. If that’s not enough they have done six
Awlgrip jobs.
Two Shellback dinghies built by Sear- sport High School students in the new Hamilton Learning Center at Penobscot Marine Museum will be launched on Wednesday, May 28, at noon at the Searsport Town Dock. The eight students began build- ing the boats on January 28, working with master boat builder Greg Rossel and a crew of volunteers from the community. Wayne Hamilton, owner of Hamilton Marine, gave the students their last class on navigation, and now they are ready to launch the boats they have been building for the past four months.
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This boatbuilding class would not have been possible without the devoted help of community volunteers, who either brought their expertise to the classroom to help the students or donated materials, or both. The Penobscot Marine Museum gratefully thanks Jerry Marancik, Dave Lawrence, Bruce Brown, Rob Griffi n, Rich Fitzsim- mons, Fred Kircheis, Fred Schmidt, Mary Ann McCrea, Pam Steele, Grant Gambell sailmaker, and Wayne and Loraine Hamil- ton who generously donated the Hamilton Learning Center to Penobscot Marine Mu- seum.
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In building this particular boat, which was designed by E.B. White’s son Joel, the students learn traditional woodworking skills but also work with modern compos- ites, learning plywood lamination methods. The eight high school students use math- ematical equations to make stability tests, ratios for proper mixing of epoxy, applied statistics in making patterns for planks, physics and geometry in their navigation training. They study chemical reactions, galvanic action, exothermic reaction, and air foils when they make the sails. The students also learn the importance of team work and deadlines. Their teacher, master boatbuilder Greg Rossel, is an author and has been teach- ing boat building at WoodenBoat School for over twenty years.
Buxton Boats in Sunset (Stonington) is moving right along on the 1903 oyster sloop. The centerboard trunk is in as well as the fl oors and engine beds. He still has two strakes of planking, but he is waiting to put
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