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bad over that all the years and just before he passed away we were going into the house together and he said, ‘I hope you didn’t hold that against me’ and I said, ‘No, I didn’t. You tell me what I would get and you did just what you said you would.’” Willis’ father was Alfred Lowell Beal,
named for his both grandfathers, Alfred Lenfestey and Lowell Beal. Alfred Len- festey came from Guernsey Island. Willis added, “He got aboard a fi shing boat when he was 13 years old and never went back. The fi shing boat happened to stop at Hachet Harbor for some supplies from a small store they had down at the settlement. He fell in with my great grandmother and they later got married and then they moved here to Beals and raised a family.” The boatbuilder Freddie Lenfestey
would be a grandson to Alfred Lenfestey, just as Willis’ father was. Willis explained, “He worked around diff erent shops. He worked with Harold Gower some, worked with Riley Beal, he worked in Stonington and then he worked in Southwest Harbor, but I don’t know whether it was Sou’west Boat or in Manset. He was very talented, he could do anything, he could do motors, carving, painting, he was multi-talented. It was a joy to work with him.” Willis worked with Freddie part of one
winter when his father had a boat built by Freddie. Willis then went to work for Clin- ton, which he did a couple of winters before going out on his own in 1966. Telling stories of the old days has al-
ways been a fascinating aspect of life on the coast. One story Willis mentioned was the near-loss of the fi shing schooner MARY
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platform and rails and are now doing paint and varnish. She should be ready for the water late this spring or early summer. Also over the winter they built two
Cliff Rich designed punts, whose lines were taken off an original. The fi rst one has been sold and the second has a lot of interest and should not be around long.
Classic Boat in Bernard is still working
on the Morris 45 over at the former Bass Harbor Boat Yard. During the winter they have been reconfi guring her cockpit. They built a plug and then made a mould and have lifted the new cockpit up in place and are now doing the glass work. Next they will put back on her hardware. Other work this winter has included: a
Morris 42, which was in to have her elec- tronics upgraded; a Bull’s Eye was in to be completely refurbished. It was interesting to note that this year
there was a lot of demand to upgrade to LED lighting on larger boats. Through their brokerage they have sold
two Pisces, which both need upgrades for the new owners. Most of the upgrades consist of cosmetic work. They also sold a Wilbur 28, which had
not been commissioned in the last three or four years. She is now in the midst of being checked over to make sure everything is in working order before launching. An older Pisces, built in 2005 and home
ported in Boothbay, will be picked up and brought to the yard to be completely refur- bished.
Like many yards along the coast of
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E. HEGAN. She was a fi shing schooner that great grandfather Freeman Willis Beal, who we thought owned it, was trawl fi shing off shore for groundfi sh. John A. Beal, his brother, was the captain of it and there was another fi shing vessel out in company with them. John A. Beal knew that there was something coming that wasn’t good. During the storm the boat turned over. He was wise enough, he had been to sea enough, that he knew just what to do. That saved their lives. They got ready with a makeshift sail to try to sail back in and I guess they were overdue and help was sent out to fi nd them. They did fi nd them, but the other boat was never heard from. I know he painted a picture of that boat and I believe it is over in library in Jonesport. Why spend all those hours documenting
articles in newspapers and periodicals? He re is an account of the event by her captain John A. Beal published in the Atlantic Fish- erman in January 1922. FISHING SHIP NEWS
A TRUE STORY OF THE SEA By John A. Beal
On August 23, 1883, the schooner
This is the 38-foot lobster boat SILVER DOLLAR, which was built by Willis Beal for Merle Beal of Beals Island in 1970. She is currently being rebuilt by Randy Durkee of Islesboro.
MARY E. HAGAN set sail from Beals, ME, with a crew of eight men. The schooner MARY O. ANDREWS, bound for Lehave Bank on a fi shing trip, left at the same time. On the 26th
we arrived and cast anchor
on the Banks and soon began hauling in the fi sh, which were very plentiful. All went well until the morning of the 29th
, when a Continued on Page 20. Discover Boating in South Freeport
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