Page 14. MAINE COASTAL NEWS March 2017 Boat And Ship Yard News
Two Concordias getting some repairs and paint and varnish at Strout's Point Wharf Co.
Portland Yacht Services in Portland has had a busy Fall and Winter. They just moved out of the main work
bay an Eldridge McInnis 46 foot sailboat. She was in to have the area around her helm in the cockpit enlarged for easier access to the helm. They also added a boarding ladder and step. She was then given her annual maintenance which included lots of paint and varnish. They have just brought in the 1959
wooden power cruiser SAWSEA which is a 34 foot Wheeler Playmate. They are fi rst going to address three leaks around her windows and then they will give her a total cosmetic makeover. A 34 foot wooden lobster cruiser was in
for sister frames, planks on the transom and plank ends at the stern. They are still progressing on the Spark-
man & Stevens wooden sailboat. They have replaced frames, fl oors, put in new keel
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The 1959 34-foot SAWSEA in for repairs and cosmetics at Portland Yacht Service.
bolts, sternpost, forefoot, and about 50 per- cent of her planking. A small powerboat, similar to a Boston
Whaler, was in and restored. A Bahia powerboat came in for a new
sole. They have also did some work on the
schooner HARVEY GAMAGE before she headed to Cuba for the Winter. The work included boom jaws, redo some of the deck boxes, and added shelving inside. They also did a gaff and set of jaws for a small catboat. The 1940s Frost built MERGANSER
was in for a stem repair. This meant cutting out a piece of the stem and replacing it.
Paul Luke in East Boothbay present-
ly has a couple of orders for propellers. One is for the Rockland-based schooner AMERICAN EAGLE, skippered by Capt. John Foss. Another 19-inch propeller will be heading to Annapolis. Presently, this is a busy time of the year for propellers. A Calvin Beal 40 has a new owner and
she is in for interior modifi cations and elec- tric and electronic work. An Alden schooner is in for repairs.
They have just started to survey the issue with the steel centerboard trunk and deter- mine the best solution for its repair. Over and above the major projects are
the usual storage customers which need var- ious degrees of bottom work, paint, varnish, and waxing.
A new shop has popped up, Friendship
Mainely Boats in Cushing is extremely busy with new construction and repairs. Just launched is a 42 foot Young Broth-
ers that was fi nished out as a lobster boat for a fi sherman from Matinicus. Down below she had a V-berth, benches and hydraulic locker. She is powered with a 650 Volvo diesel and has a 14 inch stainless steel hauler, rubber decking and lots of electronics. In the shop, they have a 42 foot Mussel
Ridge hull being fi nished out as a lobster boat for a fi sherman from Blue Hill. She will be powered with an 800 hp Volvo. Also in the shop is a 46 foot Mussel Ridge hull is being fi nished out as a lobster boat for a fi sherman from Harpswell. She will be all composite and as light as possible to save on fuel consumption. She will be powered with an 815 horsepower Baudouin diesel.
The other boat in the shop, is a Duff y 42 in for a facelift. She will have repairs made to her deck and rails and then she will be painted.
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They still have on their schedule a Calvin Beal 42, a 46 Superwide Wesmac, a South Shore 42 and the second Libby 47 all to be fi nished out as commercial boats.
For the last several winters Billings
Diesel & Marine’s mechanical shop in Stonington has been buried with work. They are not doing as much repowering as they did last year, but they are doing a lot of hydrau- lic upgrading. This is due to the regulation changes from hauling singles and doubles and switching over to trawls. In the main shop, there is a Dixon 45
having her hydraulics upgraded and right next to her is a Duff y 42, which was re- powered with a rebuilt engine. A 30-year-old 44-foot DMR, a gill net-
ter from Gloucester, MA, is in having new fuel tanks, bulkheads, and platform. A 56 DMR will be coming in later this month for two new Volvo engines. They are still selling a number of new
engines, most of which are sent out to the fi nisher and installed.
Boats in Friendship, which is being run by Randy Young. Presently they have inside a 46 foot
Wayne Beal hull, which is being fi nished out as a lobster boat for a local fi sherman. The hull arrived the fi rst week in January and they are working on her interior and install- ing the structure underneath the platform. The interior will include four berths, head, work cabinet and hydraulic room. She will be split wheelhouse with a dinette that can be made into a berth and a captain’s chair. She will be powered with a 1400 hp MAN diesel and should move right along. They also have a Northern Bay 36 com- ing in to be repowered.
Photo Ann-e Blanchard
Photo Ann-e Blanchard
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