May 2016 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15.


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   Boatbuilder Willis Beal built a casket for a former owner of one of his boats for later use.


lobster boat, which is coming in for a new platform, storage lockers, rubber decking, hydraulic upgrade, which will include hoses and pumps, repair the winter back and build an engine box. Jeff then hopes to bring in his own boat


(a Northern Bay 38) to do some minor work on, which will include putting down a rubber deck, change out the windows in the trunk cabin, and some minor cosmetics. Next year he will be fi nishing off a


South Shore 38, which will be extended to a 42 footer. She will be fi nished out as a lobster boat.


Classic Boat Shop in Bernard has sold


a number of boat since last summer and several of these stayed the winter to have work done. Last season they sold a Hinckley 41


sailboat, which they repowered over the winter. A Camano Troll 26 came in and had a major cosmetic job done for her new owner. A 34 foot Nordic tug was also in for major cosmetic work as well as systems upgrades for her new owner. A Morris 45 was into have her deck


redone There were two new Pisces built this


winter. One will be going to Northeast Har- bor and the other one to Newcastle. Both will be delivered this spring. As builders of the Pisces 21s, they also


store a number of them. One this winter received a new electric drive and another one had her electric drive replaced. Like all the yards on the coast presently they are doing commissioning of their stor- age customers. They have more than 60 boats to get ready in the next few weeks.


Many of the boat yards on the coast


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have been doing a number of repowers this winter, which is exactly what James H. Rich Boat Yard in West Tremont is doing a lot of. They have also sold a number of engines, which are being installed by the fi shermen themselves. With a very good lobster season last year fi shermen have opted to put in new engines. Some yards are questioning wheth- er they can get them all in since summer is looming right on the horizon. JERICHO, a Bunker & Ellis 42, is


getting some repair work done around the house. She is also getting plenty of main- tenance done before she goes over for the summer.


There are a number of yards on the coast


with long-term employees. Recently one person, Ian Walker, retired at the yard having been there 48 years. Another employee got done after 36 years, but her husband who still works there, is going for 50 years, and needs just a year and a half to reach his goal.


Down at Jonesport Shipyard in Jone- sport, there are two workboats in the shop. SEACOAST RAMBLER, an Osmond


40, is in one of the bays. She had gone over the Reversing Falls, which caused extensive keel and hull damage. The damaged areas have been ground out and re-fi berglass and they were getting to re-paint her. In the next bay is a 45-foot Canadian


built-boat. She was in to have her hauling side redone and repairs made to half her platform and washboards.


There are a number of storage custom-


ers in the yard, mostly commercial boats, which all need to be ready soon. Most of the work will be done by their owners, but there is certainly enough else going on to keep the workers busy.


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