YARDWORK/People and proj ects
An Apprenticeshop summer boat launch is always an exciting affair, finally putting lines, planks, fastenings, paint, varnish, and sweat equity into the water.
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Apprenticeshop launches six traditional boats Six traditionally built wooden boats took their maiden voyage on June 22 at the Apprenticeshop in Rockland, Maine. This annual June launch marked graduation day for four of the apprentices enrolled in the school’s twoyear wooden boatbuilding program, and culminates the work of the last six months for all students. Among the projects to be splashed were Lyric, an Olympic 5.5 Meter. Originally donated to the school a decade ago, Lyric underwent a major restoration this winter. The school reintroduced the 31-foot sloop as its flagship and plans to race her in several classic woodenboat races this summer.
Atlantic Boat Company splashes a Duffy 26 Portland Y.C. launch Atlantic Boat Company, in Brooklin, Maine, reports that the newest Duffy 26 Launch slid down the ways in late June. Portland Yacht Club’s James M. Churchill was delivered four weeks ahead of schedule. The U.S. Coast Guard increased the weight-per-person expectation for its certified passenger launches from 140 to 185 pounds, effective in 2012. This reportedly has many yacht clubs and marinas facing a dramatic reduction in passenger capacity. With this new ruling in mind, Atlantic Boat introduced the Duffy 26 Launch. An independent marine surveyor, an engineer, and the USCG each performed stability tests to confirm the 76 Points East August 2012
Also launched was the Perkins Island Lighthouse tender, a replication of a 15-foot Oliver Lyman rowing/sailing boat originally built in 1907 and kept in the collection at the Maine Maritime Museum since 1971. This project was a collaboration between The Apprenticeshop and Maine Maritime Museum, in celebration of their concurrent (40th/50th respectively) anniversaries. The boat is to be raffled off this summer. Three Susan skiffs, the standard first project for all first-year and intensive students, hit the salt, as well as a 10-foot Herreshoff Columbia dinghy. FMI: www.apprenticeshop.org
The Duffy 26s are certified as open, canopied and enclosed launches. That’s the PYC launch in the background.
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passenger capacity and seaworthiness of the new launch. FMI: www.atlanticboat.com. editor@pointseast.com