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In the main shop is a 123-foot Palmer Johnson sailboat, which is receiving a new keel. The old wing keel has been removed and is being replaced with an aluminum structure and lead keel. The lead keel was poured at MarsKeel Technology located at Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Presently they are fairing in the keel, which is nearly complete. They have also removed the skeg and rudder and moved all the structure asso- ciated with this 10 inches further aft. There will be a new skeg and rudder installed. The entire project will be done the end of November and the boat will head out some time in early December.


ASOLARE, formerly SCHEHE- RAZADE, is in for some major work. Her hull is being prepped and will be painted. The bottom of the keel is also being repaired, and faired. While this is going on she is getting new wiring and computer system following a lightning strike. Other work includes rebuilding the hydraulics, repairing the rigging, repair and paint the boom and ready her for her Lloyd’s survey. She is to be completed in December and relaunched. A 112 foot Fontaine designed sailboat is in to have her bottom blasted and refi nished. She will also receive some repairs. A 62-foot Gunboat is in for new win- dows, mechanical upgrades and repairs, and have her mast painted. The paint shop is busy, and on the sched- ule is: an 80 foot Burger, a 90 foot Palmer Johnson and a number of storage boats with hull and/or deck paint. A couple of these boats include a Little Harbor 44 and Seguin 44.


Under new boat construction they are


working on fi ve 33 foot patrol boats. They then will switch to the 29 footers which have been modifi ed. They are now wider and longer and four these need to be complet- ed. Once these are done they will return to building more 33s. The future may include an 84 foot design. The design aspect of this boat is underway, but is not yet completed.


Traditional Boat in Freedom has sev- eral projects underway.


The main project is on a Concordia 39, which is having her fl oors amidships replaced, from the mast step to just forward of the engine. They also dropped the keel and are replacing the keel bolts. Basically they are replacing all the iron in the boat. This means they will replace planking as needed. They will also be adding some fl oating sister frames and frame heels where needed. Once these major repairs are completed they will do exterior cosmetics, build and install a


new rudder, do system upgrades, modify the arrangement in the settee area, rebuild the front aspect of the cockpit seats and install an autopilot.


Next up will be a Crocker designed boat owned by a customer in New Hamp- shire. She also suffers from iron disease. They are going to repair her backbone, new deadwood, new bottom of the rudder post, and put on about 32 new planks. During the winter they also hope to


fi nish up a 30-foot Royal Lowell designed lobster boat. The hull and shelter are com- plete. This past spring they fi nished the trunk and house and put in the engine bed logs and shaft bearings. This boat was built on spec and is for sale.


Also in the storage building next to the 30 foot lobster boat is a Winthrop Warner designed sailboat built around 1939. She is owned by one of the employees and is being rebuilt. Also in this building is a Ted Hood designed 40 foot sailboat built in Japan in 1960, which is getting new fl oors, engine bed logs, and lower planking. She is also a spec boat and is for sale. A new fi nish bay is being added to the shop, which should be done by the fi rst of the year. One of the fi rst boats to go into this building will be a schooner built in Wis- consin in 1992. The schooner is 48 foot on deck and owned by a customer in London, England. Over the last two years she was completely rebuilt here and was launched this past spring. Her owner did a trip to Nova Scotia and fell in love with the area, and she is now home ported in Belfast. This winter they will do some rigging hardware updates and her annual maintenance.


Brion Rieff Boatbuilder in Brooklin has three projects underway at his shop. In the center of the shop is a Fishers Is- land 31, which had been stored for a number of years at Benjamin River Marine in Brook- lin. She was built by Herreshoff and original- ly named SURPRISE. She was later owned by Dr. Murray, and named PADABSCO, who sailed around the world in the 1960s. He then lived the rest of his life on board at Long Island, New York. She is currently being completely rebuilt. They were able to save her double planked topsides, but she has been refastened, received new frames, fl oors, deck beams, keel, replanking with longleaf yellow pine below the water line. Now she is getting a new deck which will be plywood covered with teak. At this point she will almost be done as they were able to save her hatches and house. The boat’s new owner previously had Rieff build him an Alerion 26 which he really liked and went looking for a similar design, but bigger. She will be launched this spring.


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A Concordia 39 being worked on at Traditional Boat in Freedom.


Just to the side is a 1926. John Alden designed R boat named SHADOW being completely rebuilt. She has been reframed, new fl oors, new steam bent keel and pres- ently they are double planking her hull. Next they will put on the ballast keel and house. This is being done for a customer from Cape Cod and will be leaving the shop in midwinter. This is the second job done for this customer. Previously they did a 38 foot power boat.


In the back of the shop is a fi berglass East-Sail 25, hull and deck, which is being fi nished out, Presently the interior is going in. She will be fi nished this spring. On the design board there are a couple of boats. One is a 24 foot catboat and the other a 40 foot fast daysailor.


John Williams Boat Company at Halls Quarry has almost all their customers hauled out in packed away for the winter. Now they are turning their attention to the winter repair projects. A Padebco 27 is in to be repowered with


a 260-hp Yanmar. She will also get a new teak cockpit deck, stern seat, exterior bright work refi nished and new electronics. A Somes Sound 26, which was just pur- chased by new owners, has had her bottom soda blasted and will be refi nished. They will also Awlgrip the hull, and install teak cabinets and stern seat, repair the cockpit deck, and install new electronics. A Pemaquid 26 is getting a new teak transom and stern seat and then will be Awlgripped. A Bunker & Ellis 39 is in to have her bottom and hull redone as well as external bright work. They will also add an electron- ics package. A Farr designed 38 is in to be re-


powered, upgrade the rigging and modify the galley. A Wesmac 38 is coming in to have her cockpit deck repaired, some carpentry done below, which will include handrails and drawers.


One of the most interesting projects is the 45 foot paddling canoe, which are a Hawaiian design that is paddled all over the world. The basic shape is set up on a number of stations covered with coa, which will then be covered with fi berglass. The weight will be approximately 440 pounds. This boats will be raced and this one will fi t into the open class, which allows for variations. This boat should be a lot lighter and faster than others in the class. They will be building four of these boats and hopefully start a fl eet on Mount Desert Island.


Also coming in are the moulds for the Bridges Point 24. They are going to lay up a hull and deck and fi nish one on spec. This will be worked on in between paying projects. However they do have a potential customer and if this comes through she will be completed this winter.


Bass Harbor Boat in Bernard is like many yards on the coast is in the midst of hauling and winterizing for the winter. One boat in the shop is a 28-foot Robert Rich built in 1959, which is for sale. They have stripped and revarnished the bright work. They also are painting down below and adding sheathing. A 31-foot Ronald Rich is being worked on. She had a lot of work done last winter and this winter they are making a couple a small additions and doing more painting. There is a lot of work on the storage customers this winter, and this will keep the yard extremely busy until spring.


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