Evolution of the Maine Lobster Boat from Maine Boats, Harbors & Homes Magazine

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by Doug Alvord

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Barrington River Barge Removal Scheuled for Aug. 7

Notice to Members of the Barrington Yacht Club:


On Saturday, August 7th at 11:00AM, the large construction barge from the New Bridge Project will be moved down the Barrington Harbor. The process should take only take 30 minutes once the Tugs get underway. The Harbor Patrol will be monitoring Ch12 and all harbor traffic will be stopped. Both BYC launch service and fueling operations will be shut down during the transit.

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S Boats racing on Narragansett Bay July 10

Egbert - 1885 Oyster yacht

Here is a photo of Egbert at Stanley's Boat yard in Barrington taken with my camera phone during one of my morning bike rides earlier this week. She is an antique yacht built in 1885 in the style of a traditional oyster boat.


The marina still has quite a few open spaces, which is unusual for this time of year, and I hope is not a sign of more economic trouble to come.

P-28 Heart of Gold fired up the diesel today!

Still have a lot to do before the boat hits the water, but I fired up the diesel today. Great to hear her start right up.

Sheeves from the masthead of my P28-1

Here are my sheeves, removed from the mast, before and after polishing with a fiber wheel. Replacement halyards ordered Friday. Yesterday I managed to cut off the mounting screws with corroded threads stuck in the masthead fitting to hold a bracket for the windex. The screws were over an inch long and nearly touched the halyards above the sheeves. Had to grind a metal cutting blade for the sabre saw down to less than 1/4 in width to squeeze it into the slots separating the sheeves.

Here's the bugger on the left.

What a pain! Next drill and tap new holes for the windex bracket. Looking forward to removing the winter cover from the boat today.