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A Good Boat and a Day’s Work

Photographs by Joel Woods
Introduction and captions by Brian Robbins

Although the vast majority of lobsterboats now built in Maine are fiberglass-hulled, there are still fishermen who appreciate the feel of a wooden boat under their boots. And there are builders who appreciate working with oak timbers and cedar planks.

Two Gambles

by John Rousmaniere

A good fun boat,” very popular with younger sailors, the Starling Burgess-designed, Abeking & Rasmussen-built Atlantic Class received an added boost when parachute spinnakers were introduced in the mid-1930s.
Fairing grinder
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Fairing by Machine

Illustrations by Robert LaPointe
A flexible fiberglass backing glued to a grinder’s foam pad is all that’s needed to convert the tool into an efficient fairing device.

Building RESOLUTE

Text and photographs by Jennifer Eaton Larrabee

In August 2013, Peter Kass began building our lobsterboat, RESOLUTE.

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