Page 18. MAINE COASTAL NEWS July 2016 Boat And Ship Yard News
1950s. She is in for paint. At Hodgdon Yacht Service on South-
port Island they have been busy rebuilding a 1955 Rhodes 44. She has a new keel, horn timber, fl oors, frames as needed or sistered, teak deck and coamings. They were present- ly getting her ready for paint and varnish. A Magnum 44 from Florida is in for
a completely new interior; new electrical system and systems work. They also recon- ditioned her twin six-cylinder MAN engines and Arnason drives. For repowers, they replaced a 260-hp
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Cummins with a 330-hp Cummins in a Duff y 35; a Bristol 35 received a new Beta; and a North Coast 24 had her Chrysler gasoline engine replaced with a Yanmar diesel. They also had more than 300 storage customers to get ready for the water.
A Southport Island Marine on South-
port Island they are getting their storage cus- tomer ready for the water as well as fi nishing up a couple of winter projects. They have been building the Handy
Billy for more than a decade and are now going to off er a diff erent version, which will be known as the Southport 21. This version will mount the outboard on the transom, which will make construction much simpler to do and less expensive. They are hoping to be about off er the boat at about $40,000 without an engine. Over the years they have done extensive
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work on a 1898 Wilton Crosby catboat. Over the last few years she has received a new cabin, deck, mast and centerboard truck with a fi berglass sleeve inside. This winter they replaced her keel and made it wider in the middle around the centerboard to give it more strength. In the main shop they are fi nishing up
a Southport 30, which will be powered with twin 250-hp outboards. She is on hold until spring commissioning is fi nished. Also in the shop are a Boothbay
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Stockton Springs Marine welcomes Scott Russell as our TOHATSU Sales and Service expert.
One-Design, two Christmas Cove 21s and three Hurricane Island pulling boats, all getting ready for summer. Once it slows up a bit they will be add- ing a new dinghy rack for storage.
Atlantic Boat in Brooklin is fi nishing
up a new build, several major repair projects and getting storage customers ready for summer. The new build started with an Atlantic
We are proud to say that we are now an Authorized TOHATSU Sales and Service Dealer.
Starting in the spring of 2016, We are offering mooring rentals in Stockton Springs Harbor. Please call (207) 567-3200 for rental information and availability.
Inside storage available fall 2016!
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37 hull, which was stretched to 39. She is being fi nished off as a sportfi shing boat for a customer from Southern New England. She is about eighty percent complete as they fi nish putting in the interior, get the windows in and install all the systems. She is powered
These are the stations set up for the new Lowell 46.
with a Cummins QSM 11 715-hp diesel en- gine. They hope to have her over later this summer. The Finnish-built Sirena 38 sailboat
CLOUD RACER had wet core around her chain-plates, which has been removed and repaired. An older Duff y 35 is in to be refur-
bished. She had core issues in her house and this has been repaired. They are also installing a new door on the starboard side by the helm-station, new front and portside windows, pilothouse sole, which is all com- posite, the switched the engine mounts from hard to soft and added a dorade box for better ventilation in the engine-room. They are like every other yard on the
coast scrambling to get their storage cus- tomers ready for the water. Over the last few years they have made this a majority of their business and the number of storage boats keeps growing every year.
John Williams Boat Company in
Hall’s Quarry is progressing well on their new 38 pleasure cruiser for a local customer, their winter repair work and getting their storage customers ready for the season. The unique story is the fi nishing of the
45-foot Hawaiian canoe, POHAKU, which means pink stone. [See Page ] On the new 39 they have put in the
engine beds and pod rings, bulkheads and sub-fl oors. Next they will put in the engine and pods and start working on the interior. The deck has been laid up and the windows will be going in shortly. She will be launched
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Hours: Monday through Friday 9 to 5 • Saturday and Sunday by appointment AT THE CORNER OF MCKENNY ROAD AND U.S. RT.1
4 MCKENNY ROAD • STOCKTON SPRINGS, ME 04981 • (207) 567-3200
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