October 2008 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 17.
Boat And Ship Yard News
Rumery’s Boatyard in Biddeford is is a large settee, which can be converted into
gearing up for the hauling season like all a double berth. The interior is finished out in
yards on the coast of Maine. In fact to better the Herreshoff style with varnished cherry
serve their storage customers they are put- trim. She also has a bow thruster, Espar heat
ting up a new heated storage building, which and air, Westerbeke generator, watermaker
will be 160 by 60 feet. The drawings and and a plasma television.
permits are complete and Littlefield of For repair work they have a Little Harbor
Sanford will construct the building, which 54, which just came in to have her deck and
should be started in September or October. If possibly her hull Awlgripped. There is a
you are looking for affordable heated indoor question about doing a bottom job on her
storage then call (207) 282-0408. too. Other work will include redoing the teak
Work this summer centred on a 42- deck, installing a new generator, refrigera-
footer, which had been hit by lightning. They tion work, air conditioning work, new wind-
had to replace all the wiring and all the lass, putting on a swim platform with a fold
navigational and engine electronics. down ladder, new roller furler, and cosmetics.
Early this summer they worked on a Aurora Sails will also be working on the
Calyber 33, which was built in North Carolina. bimini.
They did systems, air conditioning, electrical These two tugs survived the fire at Washburn & Doughty. The 121-foot ATB tug on the
and navigational electronic work. Ellis Boat in Manset has been working
left can be saved. It is also thought that the 92-foot Z-drive tug on the right can be too.
As for new boat construction they have this summer on refitting an Ellis 36 for her new ered boat, which sank over in Northeast
an Alerion 17 underway on spec, which will owner. They have rebedded the deck hard- Harbor. She was repowered. They removed
Out in the back shop at Jonesport Ship-
be ready next spring. ware, varnished the brightwork, added a a 350 5.7 Mercruiser and replaced it with a 6.2
yard in Jonesport, Jim Hunt is building an 18-
As for winter work, it is beginning to line freezer, moved the air conditioning unit, in- Mercruiser. They also needed to rewire the
foot Super Pelican sailboat, which was de-
up. A Crosby 29, English design and Polish stalled a flat screen television with satellite boat.
signed by Bill Short from California. Hunt
built, had a rude meeting with a rock and she hook up and added new electronics. When Other work this summer has included: A
started in July with just the bare hull, which
is in for repairs. They had not looked closely completed she will be launched and head to 41-foot Bristol, which cruises the Caribbean
had been built out in Oregon. The hull was
at the project yet, but assuredly the boat was Florida for the winter. in the winter, has had the once over. She was
constructed with plywood and in late Au-
going to need repairs to the fiberglass In late August they hauled another Ellis given all new standing and running rigging,
gust Hunt was prepping the hull so it could
around the top of the keel. How extensive 36 so she can be refitted for an extended trip new holding tank, and the anchor locker was
be fiberglassed. This is a very interesting
was not known at this point. to the Great Lakes next summer. They have reworked. A 39-foot Alden was in and had
design and for an 18-footer has plenty of
just started looking through her to see what her hull Awlgripped and some mechanical
room down below. The cockpit is very small
In Rockland Johanson Boat Works has will need to be done. They do know that she work performed.
and Hunt redesigned it so that it is self-
launched the Wesmac 50, which they have will have her hull Awlgripped and some This winter they will be replacing the
bailing. He also extended the cabin. She is lug
been finishing for a local customer the last exhaust work done. teak decks on a 39-foot Bunker & Ellis; a
rigged and is certainly shoal draft drawing
couple of years. She underwent sea trials and In the fiberglass shop they are laying up complete refit on a 44-foot Farr designed,
just 6 inches with the board up and 4 feet with
cruised at 17 knots and topped out at 26 knots an Ellis 36, which will be out early this fall. Concordia built sailboat; two Stanley 26s will
the board down. Hunt is hoping to have her
with her twin QSM 11 590 hp Cummins die- Behind this they have some Ellis 20s to do be in for Awlgrip; and repower on 26-foot
completed next season.
sels. She is very well appointed below with a this winter. They built two of these last winter Pemaquid, which will have her Peninsular
As for other work in the yard, the storage
centre-line queen berth and two hanging and wanted to do more, but their workload Diesel replaced with a 260-hp Yanmar diesel.
customers have started to come in for the
lockers forward in the owner’s stateroom, to prevented this. There was also a lot of talk about other
season. One job lined up for this winter will
starboard there is double queen bunks and projects. As for storage they already have
be Awlgripping the deck of an Alberg 37. She
closet, and to port is a head with separate Over at Hall Quarry John Williams Boat more than they did last year so the year is
also needs to have mizzen mast redone.
shower. Up in the main salon there is a full Company has had a busy summer and this looking good.
galley and in front of this a bench seat all to winter is looking good too.
port. On the starboard side is the helm and aft In the shop is a wooden Rich built pow-
The Boat School News
THE BOAT SCHOOL
The Boat School-Husson in Eastport tenacity and a true leap of faith to rebuild this
Kicks off Historic 40
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Size of Student Body Boat School administrator John Miller. “He
America’s oldest boatbuilding school
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new and returning students to their Eastport not an option and he gave each of us the
campus on Tuesday, September 2
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both traditional and non-traditional stu- increased the size of the student body three-
dents. The senior class represents 100% of fold from 7 to 20. In addition, during the same
returning students from last year’s time period they have provided professional The Boat School, located at Maine’s Marine
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