Page 14. MAINE COASTAL NEWS October 2016 Boat And Ship Yard News
system and cosmetic work, including paint. During the spring they launched a
Hinckley 41 sailboat. She received all new bright work, painted the hull and deck, added nonskid, teak eyebrow, inspected the rig, re-chromed the deck hardware, and new cockpit cushions. This was a fi ve-month job. A Bruckmann 40 is fi tting out for an
extended cruise. She will be receiving custom paint, electronics and entertainment center and was at Newport, Rhode Island for the Newport International Boat Show in September. A Jarvis Newman 46, built in 1984,
The U. S. Navy tug with her fi nal coat of paint on at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard.
It has been a very busy year so far in
the boat shops along the coast of Maine and it looks like this winter will be just as busy. There are some rumblings in the fi shing community that this season is not as good as last, not bad, but not exceptional, and I have heard that some orders have disappeared. A number of people feel that most of the orders on the books presently will be honoured.
Over the last two winters Six River Ma-
rine in North Yarmouth has been working on a 46-foot wooden cruiser. She is nearing the fi nal stages with planking faired and ready for its fi nal coat of paint. There is also some interior work to do, but they have plenty of time as they plan on launching her early next spring.
Presently they are doing work on a
half-scale replica of a 1768 packet schooner, which the design of which can be found in one of Howard Chapelle’s books. They are repairing her transom and part of her deck. This is not a huge job and will be fi nished in early fall. Next up, they have a 16 foot version of a Pointer in for some work.
Over the last several years one of the
most impressive yards on the coast, out- growing their boundaries yearly, is Great Island Boat Yard in Brunswick. They have a number of projects under-
way including a 76-foot Hinckley, which had five self-controlled air-conditioned installed, as well as Sea Frost refrigeration
has been in for work before. She has a new owner and they wanted to upgrade her paint and varnish, add new canvas, nonskid decks, new rails, port lights, stanchions, holding tank and install a Stidd helm seat. She was launched early this summer after two and a half months in the shop. Another completed project was on
the 38 foot ALAJUELA, which has been a long term project. This past winter they designed a new electrical system, put down her deck hardware, added a dive compressor, repowered with a 200-hpYanmar, inspected the mast, did some custom carpentry on her interior, added a custom electrical panel and then painted. An Albin 50 received a new rig with an in-boom furling main. All the work bays have been full all
summer long, which are presently fi lled with a Marlow 61, the Jarvis Newman 46 and a Fleming 55. The Marlow 61 powerboat has new
owners and they used her for a time this summer before coming back with a list of projects they would like done before next season. The projects include some custom carpentry work and add a second genset. A Grand Banks is in for some engine
work. Edgecomb Boat Works in Edgecomb
has been busy all summer refurbishing a Newman 32. She has received new wash rails and cabin. Currently they are fi nishing the wooden house. They also rewired her. She will likely be repowered later as pres- ently she has a 210-hp Cummins with 17,000 hours. A Crowley 36 will be in to be re-
powered. She is powered with a Yanmar 440, which will be replaced with a 480 common rail Cummins diesel.
Like many other yards on the coast,
they have already started hauling boats back to the yard for the winter. The 36 Stanley is back and this year she will be receiving a shower and adding more storage area; a 25 foot Blackfi n is in for a total refi t and possibly repowered; an Alerion 38 is in for electronics package; and a Lyman 26, just sold, and her new owners want to upgrade the swim platform and do some engine work. Owner Mitch Garey said that he is
hoping to expand his storage customers to include more fi berglass boats. In the past this yard worked mainly on wooden runabouts, and Mitch would like to see some higher end fi berglass boats store at the yard in the future, which is already happening.
At Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in
Boothbay Harbor work is progressing well on the Gloucester fi shing schooner ERNES- TINA MORRISSEY homeported at New Bedford, MA. Since last winter they have been working on her stern frames as well as her transom. They are also working on her framework in the bow. Additional wood has been ordered from Denmark for framing. They have also gone to Vancouver to get some Douglas fi r and to Ohio to buy more white oak. They will be done framing her this winter and then they will begin work on her longitudinal structure. The U. S. Navy tug had just received
her fi nal paint. They still need to install her engines and reverse gears and she should be done and delivered early this fall. The replica vessel FRIENDSHIP OF
SALEM is still on the ways in Gloucester and she is being surveyed where there were some issues with her hull under her forward mast. She is scheduled to be completed this fall or early winter. Next they will be hauling LIBERTY
STAR of Boston at Gloucester and will work on her in collaboration with Gloucester Marine Railways.
Hewes & Company in Blue Hill have plenty of work ahead of them. On the shop fl oor they have a vast
amount of plywood for the 91 foot sailboat boat, which will be going under construction at Brooklyn Boat Yard and Rockport Ma- rine. This wood is ready to be cut on their C&C machine, but they are now waiting on the designers. Hewes also works for a number of
boatbuilders doing interior work. For S.W. Boatworks in Lamoine they recently did a custom platform deck for a Young Brothers 45 sportfi sherman. They have done cabinet and passage doors for Wesmac in Surry, and doors and a companion way for Atlantic Boat Company in Brooklin. Wesmac is also receiving engine intakes for project they are working on. They always have a skiff kit being
shipped out on the fl oor, and the one there this time was heading to Vermont the middle of September. Their ability to work with a C&C ma-
chine is constantly expanding and right now they are developing a method where they can shape rudders for some of their sailboat kits.
6TH GENERATION HODGDON APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF SALES AND MARKETING
member of the Hodgdon family to work at the company and for the past two years has been the Marketing Manager. She joins a strong sales team, which includes Cyril Le Sourd, based in Monaco and Eric Leslie, based in Newport, RI. “Audrey’s expanded role demonstrates
EAST BOOTHBAY - Hodgdon Yachts is pleased to announce the appointment of Audrey Hodgdon as the company’s new Director of Sales and Marketing, with imme- diate eff ect. Audrey is the sixth generation
the company’s commitment to our 200-year history in the marine industry,” said Timothy Hodgdon, Hodgdon’s President & CEO. “With Audrey and other key team members in place, we’re better equipped to take ad- vantage of new opportunities.” Audrey will be based in East Boothbay,
Maine at the company’s headquarters where she will focus on accelerating Hodgdon’s presence in the custom sail and power boat market, as well as increasing the Superyacht tenders division. “I have seen fi rst-hand and understand
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