November 2008 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 17.
Boat And Ship Yard News
Six River Marine in North Yarmouth replaced it with a Volvo diesel.
has started working on a 29-foot Black Horse They also said that it looked like there
hull, which was designed by Geoff Dickes. were a lot more repowers coming. They have
The hull arrived with just two longitudinal had been talking with a lot of people about
stringers and the bulkhead in place. The switching from mechanical to electronic
owner wants a flush deck boat with a V- engines, since this would save them on fuel
berth, head, sink and hanging locker below. consumption. Owners of the boats are also
She will be powered with twin outboard now learning where fuel consumption is
motors. This one will be completed best on their engines, especially on the
sometime next spring. electronics ones because the computer tells
Also in the shop is a Dyer 29, which is you at what rpm you save the most.
new to the customer. She is getting some Road work for engine service has also
systems upgrades, cosmetics and a been brisk this season.
mechanical look-over. In the carpentry shop they have a
A beetle cat is also in the shop for a new Bunker & Ellis in to have her bottom
canvas deck. Last year they did a number of refastened, new deck and some wiring.
sister frames and some planks. The Wesmac hull that they finished off
Outside waiting to come in is a Bruno this summer, SEA TOY, will be back. They
Stillman 35. She is scheduled to have some will add on fiberglass spray rails and Awgrip
This replica vessel was just completed at Rockport Marine in Rockport.
systems work done. the hull.
This year there seems to be a lot more starboard. Up in the shelter is a full galley, a
litre Volvo diesel is hooked up and now they
French & Webb in Belfast has two of work on storage boats and this looks like it helm seat and a settee and table. Before they
are ready to put down the platform. This is
the three Buzzards Bay 30s back this winter will keep them busy this winter. put the interior in they are now running the
a simple boat so there nothing down below
for work. The work includes some minor wires. This boat is scheduled to be launched
and she will be done in December.
changes and their normal annual Morris Yachts in Bass Harbor has a this spring.
Also on the floor they have a 15-foot
maintenance. number of bigger boats back this year for In the other work bay is a 34-foot lobster
Libby, which might be the first one built for
They are also doing some work on work. To accommodate these boats easier, boat getting a face-lift. West Bay Boats built
Norman Libby Jr. She is in to have a trunk
SPARTAN, the Herreshoff designed New they widen the Travelift dock and this one using a South Shore 34 hull back in
house and electric hauled installed along
York 50, being worked on in Connecticut. purchased a new 50 ton Travelift. 2004. Owner Paul West, who now owns the
with some cosmetic work. This is being done
They are building her 90-foot mast and some The 55-foot DASH, which they boat and is offering her for sale, is thinking
for the owner’s son who will use it for lobster
of the interior pieces. repowered with turbines, is back to have the of changing her to a sportfish charter boat.
fishing next season.
They are building a new cabin trunk for turbines removed. It was found that they She is a great looking boat and if interested
Next they have another Northern Bay 38
AMORITA, a New York 30, which was cut in could not get enough air to the engines and she is being offered for $164,000.
to finish as a salvage/tow boat for a
half in a race at Newport, Rhode Island last thus they ran hot. These will be replaced Out in the yard is a 39-foot Bar Harbor
customer from the Bahamas. She will have
year. She has been raised and is being rebuilt with two diesels, probably Yanmars. cruiser. She was partially finished in
full accommodations, including a V-berth, a
at the same yard doing SPARTAN. They One big project last year was on Ellsworth before the company finishing her
guest stateroom, head with shower and
also may be doing some other parts too. HOMEFREE, a Morris 51, which had just went out of business. She will be bought in
galley up. She will be powered with a 500-hp
Another cabin trunk is under returned from a two-year cruise that logged the shop soon to get a face-lift and may be
Volvo diesel.
construction for NELLIE, which is also a approximately 24,000 miles. They stripped some other work.
Other work this fall has been widening
Herreshoff designed and built boat. the bottom and painted it, painted the
the doors on the shop from 14 to 18 feet. This
Just arrived is an 8-metre from Toronto, topsides and spars, replaced all the tankage, Guptil Custom Boats in Jonesport has
will make getting the bigger boats in much
Canada. She needs a lot of interior work and upgraded the electronics, and added new a Northern Bay 38 in the shop, which they are
easier.
they may also replace the cockpit with the sails from North. This year they will upgrade finishing as a lobster boat. The engine, a six
original design. the air conditioning system along with her
Down in the lower shop they are regular maintenance.
building a 29-foot cold-moulded diesel- There are a number of Awlgrip jobs this
electric launch, which was designed by Bob season.
Stephens of Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin. One major aspect of service that they
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Diesel & Marine in Stonington has been they are trying to do more of is putting
very busy all summer and fall. On the floor together more service packages for the
they had a pair of 671s and their gears, which Morris 36 and 42, as well as the new Morris
were getting a total going over. These are for 29.
the Alden motorsailer, which is having a
major rebuild at Rockport Marine in Down in Steuben at West Bay Boats
Rockport. they are moving right along on their first
Also in the mechanical shop is a lobster West Bay 37 for a customer from The Boat School, located at Maine’s Marine
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