December 2008 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 17.
Boat And Ship Yard News
Royal River Boat Yard in Yarmouth has maintenance.
no real big jobs this winter, but plenty of Also out in the yard is a small power
smaller ones to make up the difference. boat, which will be brought in for a complete
They have a lot of bottoms to strip and paint job.
repair, both power and sail. One coming in is They also hope to be restoring a
a sailboat to have her bottom re-cored and Northeast Harbor A. This boat is similar to
then she will be Awlgripped. the Dark Harbor 17, and was actually first
There is a lot of mechanical work, which introduced in Massachusetts as the Eastern
beyond engine work will include putting in Yacht Club 17 gaff-rigged sloop designed
a couple of refrigeration systems and by Edwin A. Boardman. For dimensions she
cleaning several fuel tanks. They will also be is 27 feet 6 inches overall, beam 7 foot 3
doing some electrical work on a number of inches, draft 4 feet, and 368 square feet of
boats in the yard. sail. The original boats were constructed by
There are a number of repowers, one will George Lawley & Son of Neponset, MA,
be replacing the Yamaha outboard on an 18- with white oak frames, cypress planks and
foot Eastern and replacing it with a Mercury. fastened with rivets. One unique feature was
Even without the big jobs this winter, the bolt on fin keel, which kept the boats
there will be plenty of work to keep them affordable. The boats were raced at the
busy right through next summer. Eastern Yacht Club for just two years and
The burned out offices of Great Island Boat Yard in Brunswick.
then put up for sale. In 1914 several found
The new 38-foot mould at Lowell their way to Mount Desert Island. No racing and built New York 40 RUGOSA. Herreshoff varnished, three new air conditioning units
Brothers in Yarmouth is nearing took place during World War I, but did wanted to design a boat that was quick will be installed, as well as new electronics
completion, and it has been a busy fall resume after. As popularity grew, all the around the buoys, but also had enough and an entertainment centre. She will also
getting boats in for the winter. boats of the Eastern Yacht Club were accommodations for comfortable cruising. have a new engine installed and her
With the 38 mould complete, they are purchased by the summer people of He also wanted a boat that performed well in generator rebuilt.
now working on getting the top mould Northeast Harbor. The name, Northeast all kinds of weather. Most of the New York A wooden 25-foot Arno Day designed
completed. The first 38 will be going to Harbor A Class, was adopted in 1921 and 40s were built in 1916, but RUGOSA was and built lobster boat will be brought in for
Penobscot. They have started on the their popularity continued to grow. With the built later. Now there are only four of these work soon. She is in need of some planks and
bulkheads and cabin, which will all be increase interest, Rice Brothers of East boats left, RUGOSA, MARILEE, MAISIE transom work. They also need to repair some
constructed with carbon, as will the V- Boothbay built 25 more. During competition and ROWDY. RUGOSA competed in the deck leaks and then paint her for next
berths and head. They started laying up the it was found that the Lawley boats were America’s Cup Jubilee at Cowes in 2001 and season.
hull in November and should have it out by faster and this was attributed to the thinner tied with MARILEE, but won the tiebreaker. Other work includes recoring the deck
the end of the year. stern on the Lawley boats. It is thought that She will be given new floors, garboards, and on a Southern Cross; a new bulkhead on a
They also have some repair work on the this change made by the Rice Brothers was keelbolts this year. Sabre and a Beneteau; a bow thruster on a
26-footer they launched last spring. Her ask for by members of the Northeast Harbor In another shop work is progressing on Caliber 40 and an Island Packet and an
swim platform was damaged when it hit a Fleet, who wanted the boats to be drier and a Little Harbor 53, once owned by Dodge Evolution Drive in a Grand Banks.
rock. It was not clear whether she would more stable. In the 1930s the interest in Morgan. She has been sold to a new owner They have four other Awlgrip jobs this
need a new one or if they can repair the racing these boats waned, especially as from Annapolis, MD, who is having her winter, besides the Little Harbor 53. The
damaged one. other one-designs, marconi-rigged, began completely gone over. All the deck hardware other boats include two Sabre 42s, a
to be used. However the class survived until has been removed, and will be rebedded and Pearson, a Dyer 29 and a F&C 44.
In Harpswell, Finestkind Boat Yard has the early 1970s. replaced. She will also have some carpentry
their newest storage building up, finished work done on her interior, the hull will be
and filled. This has been a bad year for fires at Awlgripped, the brightwork will be re-
Continued on Page 18.
While the storage building was being marine facilities. First, Patten’s Yacht Yard
completed, it was being used so they could burned to the ground in March and then in
add five feet and a stern platform to the mid-summer the entire Washburn &
lobster boat, a Wesmac 50, OBSESSION, Doughty facility was completely consumed.
owned by a local fisherman. This was started In mid-November the offices of Great Island
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CASSIE MARIE, a Holland 38 lobster planning stages. This building will be fifty
boat, was in for a transmission seal. percent bigger with a traditional look, but
In the shop is a wooden power boat, designed for high-tech use. They will also
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