Need a trustworthy honest boat yard

[Red_Doc]

I'm hoping to move a beautiful Loki yawl (hull #2) up to New England next year.

There are many reasons, of course including the fact she's wood and it's getting hard as h-ck to find a place on the southern Chesapeake that welcomes a wooden boat or knows how the h-ck to take care of them.

Laid back and affordable would be a plus, but honest quality has to come first.

Any recommendations and reviews of boat yards and marinas in the area of Boston or Connecticut to Maine?

[Tom Hunter]

Dion's in Salem Mass takes care of some very nice wooden boats. Thier work has been written up in our hosts publication.

I don't know if they are inexpensive or not.

[Gary E]

I'm hoping to move a beautiful Loki yawl (hull #2) up to New England next year.

There are many reasons, of course including the fact she's wood and it's getting hard as h-ck to find a place on the southern Chesapeake that welcomes a wooden boat or knows how the h-ck to take care of them.

Laid back and affordable would be a plus, but honest quality has to come first.

Any recommendations and reviews of boat yards and marinas in the area of Boston or Connecticut to Maine?

I have no opinion of who or where but the where can be found easy by geting a set of these charts.. http://www.seaclear.net/
and who can be looked up by getting a Waterway Guide, sorry I dont have a link.

This allows you to look at where you want to be, and then using the Guide, read about the marinas and other shore side facilities.

[JimConlin]

We have many competent people.
What are your needs- in-season service, storage, normal maintenance or serious work?
Any preferred region?

[Red_Doc]

For starters just a good yard with docks where a boat can be safely kept. After we refasten and replace a plank or two I've got to get her north where more replanking and mast stepping and good winter storage can be arranged as well as a slip. Our old boat wright down here is the only good one around, and we'd like to have more safer options before he retires.

[rbgarr]

There are quite few that fit that description between Newport RI and Mount Desert in Maine. It depends on how far you want to travel and where you'd want to sail the boat, doesn't it? I don't think you'll find a particular one that is drastically less expensive given similar quality work, storage and slip availability among them.

[Todd D]

A couple of places that I can suggest are Rockport Marine in Rockport, ME and The Hylan Yard in Sedgewick, ME. Here on MDI there is Ralph Stanley's yard (now run by his son Richard) and Bass Harbor Boat. All four do good work. Rockport Marine is probably the most expensive followed by The Hylan Yard, Stanley's and the Bass Harbor Boat. All four yards I mentioned only work on wood boats.

[Ian McColgin]

My two favorite places - Pease Boatworks on Cape and Gannon & Benjamine on the Vineyard - don't have slips and somewhat limited dockage as they really focus on the building and repair ends. But they each have access to good sheltered year-round moorings.

If you consider winter storage and repair seperately, you open a greater range of options.

[JimConlin]

East of Newport, boats are more commonly kept on moorings.
In spite of RBGarr's brother's experience, safety/theft problems are not very common.
Overland transport of boats is common, so there are some very competent boatwrights at inland locations and inland storage is quite practical.
Pick any place east of Newport and your needs can be served within a few dozen miles.

Where do you want to be?

[Red_Doc]

Wow, great advice.

Chance, Loki hull #2, has meanwhile set sail again and looks great!

It's been 11 years of work on her - it's probably a great time to consider letting her go to a new home.

In 1999 forum members begged for them, so i'll post some photos when i get back home while i look for a broker.

[StevenBauer]

If you are looking for a broker I had a good experience with David Jones:

http://www.davidjonesclassics.com/

Looking forward to the pics.


Steven

[Red_Doc]

Thank you.

What a coincidence - that's just what i did this morning!

He sounds like a very nice gentleman, and I am grateful for his help.

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For me this was a history project, a human project, a giant puzzle piece to put back together and give new life to. I did it for my father's dream, for my joy, for my children's future. That's also why i'm selling her. I don't get to sail her enough and every time i do sail her i'm away from these two beautiful young souls.

Dad built this boat with Arno Day in our garage in Liberty Maine.

There is also a Novy built boat 'Nandy Lee' which i've now inherited with my dad's passing. He bought her near Rockland, we sailed her to Belfast and then hauled her home to Liberty for the next 16 years. We restored her with the Vaites's method, and that ain't easy as you know. An inch of glass across the keel, 1/2 inch on the sides and my pop even put a 1/4 inch over the 1 inch plywood on her cabin sides. She's a tank, but beautiful still. She, however, i can keep an eye on easier with all that glass, and she has a lot more family memories that i can't let go of yet. So it's a Loki who has to find a new home.

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I promise to post some photos soon once i figure out how in the FAQ's.