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PRST STD US Postage Paid Permit, #454 THE STATE OF MAINE'S BOATING NEWSPAPER Portland, ME Maine Coastal News Volume 32 Issue 11 November 2019 FREE The 38-foot Wheeler under construction at Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin. The boat to the right is a new Hinckley Sou'Wester 53. Brooklin Boat Yard varnished mahogany interior. It will be quite from California, which is where she will paint work done. She will stay here this Brooklin nice.” be homeported when completed. With a 49 winter and do some coastal cruising next One of the most interesting new build The hope is to re-introduce the Wheeler and a 38-footer already under construction, summer before heading south. A Sparkman projects underway on the coast of Maine Playmate as an elegant cruiser. “More of Steve said, “We will probably build that one & Stephens 45-foot yawl was shipped to is the 38-foot Wheeler, which was started these or more of other designs that were in parts and pieces all this winter and then BBY from Michigan to find a leak around the early this summer. Mid-summer they began similar to this,” said Steve. “Wheeler obvi- actually not set the hull up until the Wheeler centerboard. The design is from the 1940s setting up the stations, bottom up. She is ously had a whole range of boats and that moves out in April and then set the hull up. and the hull, which is cold moulded, was progressing so well that they expect to roll is his hope as well. They were very nice It is very simple inside. It's really a racer/ built in New Zealand. They located the leak her right side up the middle of October. Steve boats. There were some great ones that they cruiser, so probably have the deck and the and repaired it and now they are painting White, owner of Brooklin Boat Yard (BBY) designed in the ‘50s, a very retro look with a cabin house already built. She will probably the topsides, stripping and refinishing all the added, “We are doing a lot of painting on lot of sort of rounded windshield corners and launch next fall.” varnish and some systems work. Once done the outside now. We will get a prime coat of things like that. So hopefully other people In one of the storage sheds they were she will be heading back to Michigan before the finish color, black, and we will paint the are interested in a classic cruiser.” working on Chris Craft Flybridge sportfish- snow flies. inside of the hull from the chine up to the They are hoping to have her done the erman. What is interesting about this model The 55-foot OUTLIER designed by sheer before we turn it right side up.” end of winter or early spring. is that Muammar Qaddafi of Libya bought Botin Partners of Spain, is back for some Like most builds at BBY, they have oth- They also have two other boats under- twelve of these boats for his Navy years work. She went to Nantucket and caused er pieces for the Wheeler under construction way on the main floor, although they have ago. The owner and BBY has done a lot of a stir in the Traditional Class race at the at other locations in the building. On the yet to be set up. One is a Taylor 49, which has work on this boat getting her totally restored. Opera House Cup. She did well racing and third floor they have trunk cabin underway. been slightly modified: a couple more inches There were not many of this model built, won her class. So now she is getting ready This boat is being built for Wes Wheel- of shear and cabin height because the owner and especially with the flybridge as that for the Bermuda Race next year and this er, who is the grandson of the Wheeler boat is tall. Electric wenches, he wants to be able was an option. The owner was able to find a means upgrading safety concerns. Then in building family of New York. “They were to do some more cruising and racing. He's flybridge and it was brought to BBY where the spring they will do a stability test. originally in Brooklyn, New York,” added already got a planned trip to Nova Scotia. It it was restored and installed. Presently she is Steve, “and then they moved Long Island, will be the third one of this design. They have in to have work down on her bottom, which Front Street Shipyard the Bronx and finally Toms River, New Jer- got the stem and transom already laminated included stripping, splining and probably Belfast sey. The boat we are building is a modern up. The floors are out, they are waiting for glassing. When they said ‘build it, they will interpretation of PILAR that they built for lumber. In another shop they have a 17 foot come,’ certainly is true when you look at Hemmingway. The boat is planning to go to She probably will not be set up until Chris Craft that is having some minor repairs the success of Front Street Shipyard (FSS). all the boat shows next fall, up and down the early November and she is scheduled to be made and a re-built engine installed. There The summer was extremely busy and it has east coast. launched late spring or early summer. is also a Luders 24 in for a new deck. That not slowed up as we head into the fall. They She will be powered with a pair of The third boat they just received the is done and they are now putting down the have several major projects under way, one Yanmar diesels and as for interior it will be contract for, which is a 44-foot racer/cruiser hardware. Once this is completed they will being the total refurbishing of SUNBEAM, pretty fancy. Steve explained, “Pretty ornate sailboat designed by Jim Taylor of Mar- launch her for some fall sailing. A 45-foot Continued on Page 14 interior with leather cushions and lots of blehead. She is being built for a customer schooner is also getting some repair and - C o n t e n t s Publisher's Note 4 Commercial Fishing News IMOCA News 19 Calendar of Events 4 Boat Racing Family Tradition 10 Maritime History Willis Spear Talks Fishing Final Part 5 Directors Report, DELA 11 Industrial Journal - 1890 25 Port Safety Minutes 6 ME DMR News 11 Classified Ads 28 U. S. Coast Guard News 7 Miscellaneous News 12 U. S. 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