Page 14. MAINE COASTAL NEWS September 2014 Boat And Ship Yard News
The 62-foot motorsailer getting a system refi t at O'Donovan & Dole in Stockton Springs. The Concordia 31 recently launched by Riverside Boat Company of Newcastle.
Riverside Boat Companyin Newcas- tle has had a busy spring and summer. In 2006 they started the construction of a Concordia 31. She has an oak backbone and frames and is double planked with mahogany over cedar. For accommodations she has a V-berth forward, enclosed head to port between the two cabins. The galley is aft, along with two bunks in the main cabin. She also has water tanks under the bunks in the main cabin; propane furnace; and she is powered with a 26-hp Universal diesel. The sails were made by Pope Sails in Rockland; and the canvas work done by Roland McLellan of Barter’s Island. She was launched in June and was not ready to sail for a few weeks as the fi nishing details were completed. Waiting for a new engine is a 31-footer built in Bremen. She has a 318 Chrysler and this will be replaced with a 330 Crusader. Another engine job will be done on a Newman 36. Her engine, a 534 ci Ford Sea Master, has been taken out and shipped to an engine shop to be worked on and was supposed to be back at the yard soon. Coming back to be stored at the yard is the 32-foot 1911 Friendship Sloop SAZER- AC. She was rebuilt by Jim Rockefeller in 1967 and has been owned by George Morrill, of Burnham & Morrill; the Barth family; and later by Roger Lee in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Roger took her to Belfast where she
has been stored since he purchased her. They are hoping things slow down a bit so they can get some much needed mainte- nance done on the buildings and equipment.
Ocean Pursuits in Rockland has had a very busy spring and summer. They have pulled the engine and had it rebuilt in a Cape Dory 36; a Little Harbor Express was in for electrical and steering system work; an Alden 44 received a new interior, overhead, lights and varnish; a 45-foot custom sailboat received an electronics package; an Island Packet 38 was in for new tanks; and another Island Packet 38 was in for a generator. Already they have a lot of work lined up
for the winter. They have jobs in carpentry, fi berglass, electrical and mechanical sys- tems.
The Artisan Boat Works in Rockport is adding an addition onto their main shop. This will give them offi ce space, a wait- ing area and indoor plumbing. Also in the main shop they are planking up a Buzzards Bay 16, which is the sixth one off of these moulds. She is scheduled to be done the end of September.
Also being worked on is a Rozinante, which is getting fi nish work done.
One of the most impressive shops to stop in is Classic Yacht Models in Camden.
Last summer they fi nished up a model of the Aage Nielsen designed NORTHERN CROWN for a local customer. Since then they have been doing a model of the 115-foot Ted Hood designed TENACIOUS. The hull and deck are nearing completion and they are currently working on the stanchions and other small details on the deck. So far they have about 3,000 hours in the project and feel it will take another 500 before they are done.
Just recently they sent in a bid for a
model of a 112 footer, but as of yet had not heard if they got the project.
It is very impressive to see how intricate one of these models are. Technology has helped, especially with the advent of the 3D printers. They may not save much in time, but they can produce parts with extreme accuracy every time.
O’Donovan & Dole in Stockton Springs has a great job underway in their shop. Last fall a 62-foot double centerboard Spaulding-Dunbar designed motorsailer, which was built in Holland in 1958 for one of the Johnson & Johnson brothers, came in for a systems refi t. They stripped out the 110-volt DC system and replaced it with a 24-volt system. This meant changing out the pumps and lighting. The hull and deck was built of teak, fastened with Monel, and was in good condition. They did have to replace the frames around the chain plates and do some minor plank repairs. Other carpentry
work was done in the fore peak where they upgraded the heads. In the aft cabin they changed the crew’s quaraters into a guest stateroom. In the process they removed her twin Perkins diesels and these are being re- placed with twin 160-hp John Deere diesels. They also installed a new Onan generator. This project will keep them busy for several more months.
Also in the shop is a Concordia 39 that
suffered damaged to her bottom following a grounding during a storm several years ago. Originally the project was started by another yard in southern Maine, who replaced the stern post and several planks. Currently they are getting ready to fi nish up the planking and then remove the ballast keel and replace the iron bolts which go through the fl oor timbers. Once this is all done they will need to put back in the interior. There is a Seabright skiff in the shop, which was built in the 1970s, needing some minor repair work. They have replaced the coamings, cockpit sole, bulkhead and engine box. The engine box was built of ply- wood and this has been changed to V-notch wood.
Atlantic Boat in Brooklin just launched another one of their 26-foot launches. This one went to Connanicut Island in Rhode Island.
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which was fi nished out for sportfi shing for a customer from New Jersey. She is powered with a 315-hp Yanmar and she did 24.6 knots on sea trials. Down below she had a V-berth, enclosed head, two storage shelves to starboard and up in the salon a settee. She carried 230 gallons of fuel and had an emergency tiller.
Under construction is a Duffy 39, which
was a Duffy 37 with two feet added. She is being fi nished off as a sportfi sherman for a customer from New York. They are presently laying up her hull, and deck and top. She will be powered with a C12 795- hp Caterpillar diesel engine; have tankage for 450 gallons of fuel, fi sh hold and down below a V-berth, head and galley. She will be done the end of March.
Out in the yard they have just repowered a Cape Dory 33. They installed a pair of Yanmar diesels and before they could be put in they had to redo the engine beds as well as add new shafts and bearings.
They have changed the emphasis of the yard to more storage and repair and this has kept them very busy. They are also receiving calls for repair work and new contruction and it looks like this winter will be busy too.
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