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Article: Wooden hull for 42-footer; lobster boat gets jet power.(boat building)
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- National Fisherman
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- September 1, 2005
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In South Bristol, Maine, one sign of spring is when the railway below John's Bay Boat Co. starts hauling wooden lobster boats for their yearly sanding and painting.
All the boats that come into John's Bay were built at the boatyard and their return is almost a yearly ritual.
This year the haul-outs were delayed, thanks to the incessant rain that staked out the Maine coast for what seemed liked weeks.
The first boat in was a red-hulled 42-footer owned by Joe Billings of Stonington, Maine. The boat is only a year old and though some fishermen might put off a paint job for another year, owners of a lobster boat built at John's Bay Boat Co. ...