August 2016 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15. Boat & Ship Yard News
At Gloucester Marine Railway they have the FRIENDSHIP OF SALEM hauled up on the railway. The repairs are being done by Boothbay Harbor Shipyard.
At Kittery Point Yacht Yard in Eliot they have in their storage shed the John’s Bay built SHARON ROSANNE, which is just in for normal annual maintenance.
station and then hook up a 90 hp engine. This spring a major project was wood-
ing the hull of the 52 foot Grebe, which was hauled out at Portland Yacht Service’s yard at 400 Commercial St. in Portland. They then painted her with Alexseal and did her annual maintenance. The wooden Alden schooner they have
stored for years was in for some minor work and annual maintenance. The other aspect of the business is boat
rentals and charters in Portland and this has been going extremely well.
Padebco Custom Boats in Round Pond
is fi nishing up their storage customers and building two new dinghies. Owner Leon MacCorkle said that he
thought that July was going to get a little slower, but it has only gotten busier. He said
Passion Craft
no greater for the
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that they have done a lot of service work and have sold fi ve boats in the last three weeks. They have sold a Cape Dory 26, a RP 31, and a Padebco 21 and 23. They also, over the winter, did six refi ts on Padebco 21s. The two Bay of Maine boats they are
building are a 10 and 12 footer. The 12 footer will be rigged for sailing. Both of these boats should be completed in July.
At Journey’ s End Marina in Rockland
there are numerous projects being done for transient customers.
They have a 44 foot Frers sloop out on
a mooring waiting to be hauled, which has a couple of issues following a grounding. A Sabreline 36 is in for propeller repair. They also said they had several boats waiting to
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