842 PINKHAM
Grower: Marianne Pinkham
Displ.: 842 lbs.
Power: 8-hp Johnson 2-stroke long shaft
Pilot: Todd Sandstrum
THE CABIN CRUISER
Grower: Edwin Pierpont
Displ.: 1,960 lbs.
Power: 15-hp Mercury 2-stroke long shaft
Pilot: Buzz Pinkham
Edwin Pierpont is surprised to see that the 8-inch blade on his Sawzall is long enough to cut through the deck of his latest build. He thought it would be thicker, but he’s not concerned. The deck is plenty thick.
Edwin builds destroyers for the U.S. Navy at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine, where he is an outside machinist, but on this October day, he’s building a boat of his own in the parking lot at Pinkham’s Plantation, a nursery in Damariscotta. He’s spent the summer and early fall nurturing this hull on his property in Jefferson. She weighs 1,960 pounds and in two days, when his friends will launch the finished vessel, she’s going to be the largest powered craft of her kind to ever launch in the Pine Tree state, and possibly the largest of her type in the world.
Edwin’s taken this Friday off from his regular job to make sure his boat will be ready for Sunday’s big race.
