Introduction:

We do boat repairs and modifications, primarily of aluminum boats, but wood boats and fiber glass boats can be handled as well. With the economy in the shape it is in, fixing up one’s old boat may be the sensible choice. We can handle structural work, mechanical work, electrical work, and wood joiner work. We have re-powered several boats this past year.

Projects are shown with the most recent being first.

Fetch and Carry photos, before and after:

In 1985 we designed and built a 24 foot diesel I/O powered launch which was christened Fetch & Carry IV. Its mission was to carry families, their gear, propane bottles, and anything else to their cottages on Mountainy Pond. There was no road access.

She was one of our first 24 foot Cape Ann Sea Skiffs. Though lightly built by today’s heavier practice (she was built of 0.160 t sheet), she withstood a heavy beating which caused panel deformation of about 2 inches between the frames 40 inches o.c. in the two midships panels on each side. The BOOS (bent out of shape) condition can be seen if you look carefully at the first pictures which follow. We first removed the diesel I/O, added a 3 foot hull extension and mounted a 200 HP Yamaha outboard. In addition we removed the dents, put in sister longitudinals to hold the new shape, and then welded heavy wall 2.5 inch Schedule 80 diagonal pipe chafing gear on the two most heavily dented panels port and starboard. The last picture of the boat sitting on the trailer shows that she was returned to her original shape, and provided with chafing gear.

Fetch & Carry now has more cockpit space and with her new found shape and strength should be good for another 25 years. The modification was far less expensive than replacing the boat would have been. The pounding she took rather convincingly demonstrated the strength of welded aluminum construction. Pictures below show the boat with the hull extension before the dents were removed. The last picture of the boat sitting on the trailer shows the chafing gear.


Note the dents in the top side

This PIC shows the hull extension and the new 200 HP Yamaha.


Fetch & Carry in our parking lot prior to pick up. Note the diagonal 2.5 inch SK chafing gear which reinforced the top sides after dents were removed.

US Navy Launch Coastal Cruiser

The conversion of a US Navy 15m open launch to a coastal cruiser is an interesting project on which the basic structure is near completion. The NA, Ron Noe, has designed an attractive retro design trunk cabin, pilot house, deck house combination which is being built on the surplus FRP hull purchased by the owner. It seems likely to be an economical way to own such a boat.

15m (50 ft.) US Navy Launch Coastal Cruiser Conversion

Tom Sterne's bass boat

The 20 foot bass boat owned by Tom Sterne of Peabody, MA suffered damage during a storm several months ago. Parts were bent out of shape. Photos show several views of the boat after repair. Tom Sterne the owner, and Bill Stone who did the repair are seen at the transom in one picture.