haust connections are almost finished. An engine cover will then be built as the final wood-based effort on the boat. Washboard, collar board, and rub rail repairs are fully completed; and new after-deck beams and decking are complete and waiting for final painting. Tests of the new diesel are anticipated soon. Her owner has completed painting the interior and the hull, which looks almost perfect. She will be back in the water soon.” Cada adds, “Work inside our shop continues on the Pacific Class
hydroplane Wildcat. Her interior repairs are complete, and the old and replacement deck pieces have been fitted and are being fastened. When final brightwork is complete, she’ll become part of the historic displays in the Richardson Museum about American Power Boat Association hydroplane racing in Cambridge. A new boat is also now in the building; “Tinkerbelle 2” is in for restoration. She is a sister to the 13-1/2-foot boat that crossed the
Choptank Boatworks in Denton, MD, is making fine progress on a complete restoration of a 1941 Aage Nielsen yawl. Photo courtesy of Patrick Mertaugh
Deltaville Boatyard is engineering a trailing edge system for a 73-foot aluminum trawler at its Deltaville, VA, facility. Photo courtesy of Chuck Ruble
Atlantic in the 1950s, both built by Old Town Canoe.”
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atrick Edwards of Composite Yacht in Trappe, MD, phoned in to say, “Things are busier than ever. In the new boat department, we recently launched our newest 37CB, which will home port in Solomons, and are continuing well past the tooling stage on a new 32CB. In the service yard, we have a 46-foot oyster restoration boat in from
A new Chesapeake 46 emerges from David Mason’s busy Chesapeake Boats in Crisfield, MD. Photo by Bill Griffin
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