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    IN THE WORKS

    Dec 07, 2021 4 minutes
    BY KIM KAVIN

    One of the highlights of every new boating season is spotting boats fresh out of the yard with gleaming topsides, new rigging and neatly sanded decks. The sights are even more special when those boats are older hulls that have been brought back to their original beauty. Seeing the proper restoration of a classic hull can actually take a boater’s breath away. Right now, there are a few interesting projects in the works at leading Maine shipyards. Here’s a look at three interesting refits being done at Lyman-Morse, Front Street Shipyard and Brooklin Boat Yard.

    LYMAN-MORSE: REIMAGINE & ZEMPHIRA

    Back in the mid-1990s, Lyman-Morse built a 90-foot motoryacht that C. Raymond Hunt Associates designed. That boat is which recently got a new owner who is putting her through a projected three-year refit at the yard. The refit is happening in stages with the owner using the boat in between yard periods—a smart idea, according to project manager Chet Mayo, and an unusual production schedule for this yard, and others.

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