September 2017 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 9.


Two New Wooden Boats Hit the Water! Buxton Boats Launches EMMA G.


SUNSET – Over the winter we have been following the progress of a new wooden boat being built as a lobster boat for a local woman fi sherman at Buxton Boat in Sunset. During the spring the hull was done, then on went decks. As we worked our way into the summer the house went on as well as her system. With the coming of August the fi nal details were being done and then in mid-month over she went. Peter was approached by the owners


about a year ago. He said, “They asked me if I would be interested in building a 30 footer for them. I was a little surprised, because I didn’t see them as wooden boat people. They told me they weren’t fi nding anything in the 30 foot range that they liked and because she is a little vertically challenged they wanted something designed around her height. I drew up a scaled sketch and gave that to them and they said yeah, that looks great.” Peter has built two wooden lobster


boats, the 38 foot SEA SONG and the 36- foot SEA HAWK. “I built it a little longer than they asked, 31½ feet. It is similar in a lot of ways underwater to the other two boats, but one thing they did ask me was for no tumblehome so she has got very little, pretty straight sided down aft. The rabbet line is very similar to what I did on SEA SONG, mostly skeg with a little bit of built down rabbet line. She is sharper up forward on the waterline and that gives her a more traditional look.” Once the design was complete, the


BASS HARBOR – It has been a number of decades since there has been three wooden boats under construction on the Coast of Maine. This year John’s Bay Boat in South Bristol had 42 foot pleasure and a 47 foot lobster boat underway; Buxton Boat had a 31 ½ foot lobster boat under construc- tion for a woman fi sherman; and Richard Stanley was building a 38-foot lobster boat/ sportfi sherman for a local customer. How- ever Richard’s boat was going to be a little diff erent than the others. Richard explained, “I have had this idea


of a wooden hull with a fi berglass top for a number of years. My father never liked the idea and his reason was that he thought he would lose control of building the top of the boat and it wouldn’t be as he wanted it. He would let me build plywood tops and fi - berglass over it, but a foam-cored fi berglass top was just not what he wanted to do. Like Raymond Bunker said, ‘they have got this all backwards they should be building wooden hulls with fi berglass tops instead of building fi berglass hulls and putting wooden tops on them.’ I agree with that. I feel with a wooden hull, you can change the wooden hull design to meet the wants and needs of the person you are building the boat for, which I did in this project. This owner wanted the engine under the platform so I fi lled the boat out and made it a little deeper. I designed the top and Scott Edgerly made a plug for it and molded the top and it all came out pretty nice.” Richard added that he would not mind


building wooden hulls and sending them out for someone else to fi nish. In this hull Richard put in a fl atter run


and she is a little bit fuller in the bottom and a little deeper. “It didn’t change her a lot, just a little,” added Richard. “She is a lot wider than I have ever built and she is shorter, I built a 44 foot lobster boat and she was not as wide as this. Hull wise, my model has a lot fl atter run then what Ralph’s models were. Ralph’s models were more fuller bottom boats. I get this phone call from the owner


wood was ordered in October and before it arrived in late November, Peter had lofted the lines out and had built her stations. As soon as the oak arrived from western Mas- sachusetts he set to work cutting it up into the pieces of the backbone. When together he cut in the rabbet line and set it up with the stations and put the ribbands on. The cedar planking from Dewey’s Sawmill on Route 3 had already arrived and Peter starting planking. The owners came in and assisted Peter


in steaming the ribs and putting them in place. She also came in and laid up 4 x 8 fi berglass panels, which would be used for the platform and cabin. Peter did the rest as he prefers to work by himself. You could tell the love of the project as he would get in early in the morning and leave late many a night. Peter added, “It was just me. I did all of the keel, all of the planks, the cabin, everything alone. It is easier that way for me. It would have taken just as long with help.” Down below she has varnished cedar


V-berths and ceiling. The platform was built of Nydacore panels glassed in and covered with a truck bed liner. The trunk and house was built of varnished oak frames and cov- ered with solid fi berglass panels. EMMA G. is powered with a 355-hp


John Deere diesel with a 2:1 gear, 2-inch shaft and a 26 x 24 inch four blade propel- ler. Following sea trials, Peter said, “I am pleased.” When asked if he would change anything, he said, “I would not kick the stern


saying he would like to have me build him a boat for his son to go tuna fi shing and six-pack lobster fi shing trips. He had some points that he wanted to have, so I designed the hull to meet those points and designed the top to fi t that and it all came out very nicely. The boat turns on a dime it would make a wicked nice lobster boat the way she turns and she goes 21 knots wide open.” NATIONAL PRIDE is the name of the new boat and she is powered with a 550 hp John Deere. She has a 2½ to 1 gear, 2¼ inch shaft and has a 28 x 28 lefthanded wheel. Down below she has a V-locker, en-


closed head and empty space on the port side that could be used for a galley. The boat could easily be made into a pleasure boat the way she is. NATIONAL PRIDE was built with


Maine oak, and 1¼ inch Maine white cedar for planking all fastened with silicon bronze bolts and screws. She has a wooden plat- form, which is built of 1½-inch Douglas fi r that is caulked and oiled. Richard was more than pleased how she


ran through the water. He said, “She is dry, doesn’t put any water up on the boat. She just goes right through it. When she is at full speed she is throwing a lot of water, but none of it is coming aboard, it is all going out to the sides. She is smooth and quiet.” During she trials she ran 21 knots at full


throttle. This boat would be a great lobster boat,


but Richard said that he would move the bulkhead forward by 2 feet giving the boat a bigger working deck. I am surprised a fi sherman has not con-


tacted Richard to get a ride. Riding in this boat compared to a fi berglass one of the same size, is night and day. Anyone interested, Richard will likely have access to her the rest of the season. Like all wooden boat builders Richard would love to have another wooden boat to build, but he does have some repair work scheduled. He has a classic wooden launch


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The 31 1/2 foot EMMA G. built by Buxton Boats of Sunset.


up quite so high. It looks great going, but sitting on the mooring it is a little too much for me. Part of that is the bow is low and I did that on purpose so she could see over it.” Watching her run, she slides easily


through and looks absolutely beautiful. When asked if anyone was interested in building something similar Peter said, “There is a guy talking about the possibility of a pleasure boat, but until you have a check you don’t have anything.” Have no fear, Peter can easily fi nd a


winter’s worth of work. Covered up outside is the 1903 oyster sloop that Peter is ready


to do the fi nal stage of her rebuild. He said, “I have got to get in touch with him to see if he wants me to do that. A local fi sherman wants me to repower his boat and fi x it up. Then another over at Billy Frances has got a little wooden lobster boat that he wants me to put some planks in. I would like to get started on the oyster sloop, but it is time to put a motor in it, shaft boxes and fuel tanks. I warned him when I got done last fall that the next part of the project was going to be a chunk of change. I am hoping. Building new is what everybody wants to do, that is the most fun, but whatever.”


Richard Stanley Custom Boats Launches NATIONAL PRIDE


This is the 38-footer NATIONAL PRIDE, launched from Richard Stanley's shop.


in the shop that needs to have an Elco electric motor installed, as well as bench seats. He also has the Bunker & Ellis built MOUSE, which her owners want him to help them fi nish. Richard redid the hull a couple of winters ago and now she needs to have a new the top and platform installed and the engine


put in. Richard would also like to fi nish up the 19-foot sailboat he has in the shop, which would not take too long to complete. Want to add years to your fi shing career,


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