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PRST STD US Postage Paid Permit, #454 THE STATE OF MAINE'S BOATING NEWSPAPER Portland, ME Maine Coastal News Volume 33 Issue 4 April 2020 FREE Another Good Year for Boatbuilders and Repair Yards! MISTER E., a Calvin Beal 44, finished off as a lobster boat for Nicko Hadlock of Cranberry Isle by S. W. Boatworks of Lamoine. She is powered with a 750-hp John Deere, with a 2.48:1 gear, and reached a speed of 23 knots. Belmont Boatworks Down in the paint shop they are Awl- Belmont gripping a number of boat parts for a local For years Belmont Boats was only customer. known for doing boat transportation, but As the winter progressed they have been now they are gaining a fine reputation in bringing in some of their storage boats and boat repairs and painting. getting them ready for the season. Most of The repair work continues on MAL- this work has been small repairs and paint. ACHI MUDGE, a 42-foot pleasure cruiser They also have several jobs coming built by Newbert & Wallace of Thomaston in. One will be in for some planking; and in 1958. They have replaced the windshield, another is on the Holland 32 they worked on put in a new cockpit hatch and the painting last winter, which will be in for some interior continues. A recent survey also showed that upgrades. she will need some refastening below the waterline and that will be done when they C. W. Hood drop the tent that is surrounding her hull Marblehead keeping her moist so she does not dry out. This winter they had an East Bay 38 The hope is to have her done sometime in in the shop for about three months. She re- March. ceived all new wiring, all new plumbing, en- In the next bay they have an Alden sail- gines were pulled and rebuilt, transmissions boat that is having her decks replaced. This were pulled and rebuilt, new Soundown meant putting down plywood and covering mufflers were installed, and a full cosmetic them with Dynell. Just after she arrived they refresh. MALACHI MUDGET had some repair work done at Belmont Boat in Belmont. noticed that there was a problem with the They are now working on a 1956 41- stem. The little amount of rot they found at foot Concordia, which was suffering from Also underway are five Hood 32s, month they will start making the moulds so deck level actually went quite a ways down some rot issues. They are putting on a new which will all be launched this spring. One they can put this model into production. inside the stem. They have removed the deck, replacing the chain plates, rebuilding will be going to Connecticut, one to South A new 35-foot Express is just off the stem and will replace it with a laminated the cockpit, installing a new engine and Carolina, another to Thomaston, one out to drawing board. We have it mocked up at one. They will also replace several planks rebuilding the transom. This boat has been Vancouver, and another to Long Island. The Lyman Morse in Thomaston right now and before she hits the water. out of the water for four years. Last fall Hood 32 is a traditional looking daysailer, they are starting construction. That will be Next to the Alden they have their boat they launched her and sailed her right up with a big cockpit, very lively, very quick a new Hood 35 powerboat, with twin jet hauling trailer in for maintenance. into December. She was then hauled out boat and easy to single-hand. drives. The Hood 57 powerboat flybridge is They also are building a couple of floats and brought in the shop. She will go back They are now starting to introduce a 24- also underway at Lyman Morse and will be for Come Boating of Belfast and they are in the water early this summer, but she will foot daysailer, which is a Stephens & Waring Continued on Page 14. almost done and ready for delivery. probably not have all her work completed. design. Hull #1 sails out in Chicago and next - C o n t e n t s Publisher's Note 4 U. S. 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