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| 12567 | Passenger Launch - Fishing Boat, Three Sisters at Beal's Fish Wharf, Southwest Harbor |
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| 12568 | John Frank Closson's Lobster Boat at Beal's Wharf |
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| 11968 | Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders - Lobster Boat - On a Skid at the Yard |
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| 12025 | Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders - Lobster Style Boat |
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| 10905 | Lobster Yacht Built for Patricia Agnes (Geyelin) Godfrey |
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| 10908 | Lobster Yacht Built for Patricia Agnes (Geyelin) Godfrey |
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| 11492 | The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Howie Robinson in a Lobster Boat |
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| The Sheet Metal shop is on the left and the Lower Shop is on the right. Howie Robinson at left. | 
Description: The Sheet Metal shop is on the left and the Lower Shop is on the right. Howie Robinson at left. | |||
| 13995 | No-Name - Lobster Boat - Built for Louise (Webber) Jackson O'Brien |
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| Ralph Warren Stanley built this 26' lobster boat, for Louise O’Brien at his 1st shop at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. Mrs. O'Brien used the boat for her employees, Julius “Judy” E. Mitchell (1902-1982) and his brother, George A. Mitchell (1915-1998) to go back and forth from Cranberry Island to her yacht. The lobster boat was later owned by boat builder James “Jimmy” Harold Rich (1932-2010). | 
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley built this 26' lobster boat, for Louise O’Brien at his 1st shop at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. Mrs. O'Brien used the boat for her employees, Julius “Judy” E. Mitchell (1902-1982) and his brother, George A. Mitchell (1915-1998) to go back and forth from Cranberry Island to her yacht. The lobster boat was later owned by boat builder James “Jimmy” Harold Rich (1932-2010). | |||
| 10898 | Lobster Yacht |
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| The term "Lobster Yacht" denotes a pleasure boat built on the lines of a working lobster boat. The term is more commonly used "away" than on Mount Desert Island. This name describes the look of these boats in a world where so many working and pleasure boats resemble each other. Boat builders on MDI would probably not use this term so this database generally uses the term "pleasure boat" and leaves the viewer to make his or her own distinction. The following publications and many others use the term Lobster Yacht: - National Fisherman, Volume 70, 1989 - Understanding Boat Design by Edward S. Brewer and Ted Brewer, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 1993 - The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2,000 Essential Terms for Sailors & Powerboaters by John Rousmaniere, W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 - Wooden Boat, Wooden Boat Publications, 2005 - Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats, 2 by Eric Sorensen, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007 | 
Description: The term "Lobster Yacht" denotes a pleasure boat built on the lines of a working lobster boat. The term is more commonly used "away" than on Mount Desert Island. This name describes the look of these boats in a world where so many working and pleasure boats resemble each other. Boat builders on MDI would probably not use this term so this database generally uses the term "pleasure boat" and leaves the viewer to make his or her own distinction. The following publications and many others use the term Lobster Yacht: - National Fisherman, Volume 70, 1989 - Understanding Boat Design by Edward S. Brewer and Ted Brewer, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 1993 - The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2,000 Essential Terms for Sailors & Powerboaters by John Rousmaniere, W. W. Norton & Company, 1998 - Wooden Boat, Wooden Boat Publications, 2005 - Sorensen's Guide to Powerboats, 2 by Eric Sorensen, published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007 [show more] | ||||
| 15183 | Elsie - Lobster Style Fishing Boat |
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| 15538 | Wandabob - Lobster Boat |
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| Built by Ralph Stanley Inc. for Shirley Moore Phippen. There is a photograph of "Wandabob" on the cover of “Maine Lobsterboats: Builders and Lobstermen Speak of Their Craft” by Virginia L. Thorndike, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine, 1998, “Ralph Stanley: Continuing a Southwest Harbor Tradition,” p. 37-40. | 
Description: Built by Ralph Stanley Inc. for Shirley Moore Phippen. There is a photograph of "Wandabob" on the cover of “Maine Lobsterboats: Builders and Lobstermen Speak of Their Craft” by Virginia L. Thorndike, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine, 1998, “Ralph Stanley: Continuing a Southwest Harbor Tradition,” p. 37-40. | |||||
| 15539 | Lida Mae II - Lobster Boat |
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| 3465 | Three Brothers - Lobster Boat |
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| 3468 | Three Sisters - Passenger Launch - Fishing Boat |
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| Named for his Three Daughters: Nettie F. (Beal) Vine Vera A. (Beal) Rich Bernice Mary (Beal) | 
Description: Named for his Three Daughters: Nettie F. (Beal) Vine Vera A. (Beal) Rich Bernice Mary (Beal) | |||||
| 3480 | Blueberry - Lobster Style Cabin Launch My Shepard - Lobster Style Cabin Launch Carry All II - Lobster Style Cabin Launch Billie XXX - Lobster Style Cabin Launch |
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|  Blueberry - Lobster Style Cabin Launch My Shepard - Lobster Style Cabin Launch Carry All II - Lobster Style Cabin Launch Billie XXX - Lobster Style Cabin Launch
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| 3636 | Meredith II - Lobster Boat Mum's Mink |
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| Built by Ronald Dean Rich for his twin brother Roger Clifton Rich in 1959. The boat was named for Roger's daughter Meredith. The boat was later sold to Sheldon "Snicker" Damon, who renamed it "Mum's Mink." The boat was restored by Damon's sons after Ronald, Roger, and Sheldon had all passed away. |  Meredith II - Lobster Boat Mum's Mink
Description: Built by Ronald Dean Rich for his twin brother Roger Clifton Rich in 1959. The boat was named for Roger's daughter Meredith. The boat was later sold to Sheldon "Snicker" Damon, who renamed it "Mum's Mink." The boat was restored by Damon's sons after Ronald, Roger, and Sheldon had all passed away. | |||||
| 12808 | Meredith I - Lobster Boat |
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| 14030 | Open Streamlined Boat Built for Carroll Sargent Tyson, Jr. |
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| 14077 | No-Name - Lobster Boat - Built for Harvard Riley Beal |
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| Chester Eben Clement (1881-1937) designed and built the vessel from a half-model for Harvard Riley Beal in 1931. He built the boat in 21 days. It was fished by Harvard Riley Beal and then by Chester Warren Stanley. It never had a name. "Chester [Clement] did build fishing boats, too, including a thirty-four-footer for Harvard Beal in 1931, one that my father owned later. Around that time, Harvard had an older boat that was leaking quite badly. He was fishing off Mount Desert Rock and he decided he needed something newer, so he came in and ordered one. Twenty-one days later, he was back off the Rock in his new boat, fishing. She had a Van Blerk in her. That was a" popular marine engine at the time, quite big and powerful. She'd go good with it. Harvard had her until 1935 or '36, when my father bought her. They had built her quick and had nailed the planks in the hull right to the floor timbers. Coming in from Mount Desert Rock one time, Harvard gave her a pounding and pulled a nail right through one of the planks. My father had that hole plugged when he owned the boat, but every once in a while she'd work and the nail head would push the plug out and she'd start leaking again. Finally, he had to nail a lath over that plug to hold it in. It was still there when he sold her. My father owned that thirty-four-footer for thirty-five years or more. He'd had new floor timbers put in her because he was going haking in her and needed the platform solid to hold the weight of the catch. That's what probably saved her." - “Ralph Stanley : Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder” by Craig S. Milner and Ralph W. Stanley, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2004, p. 41-42. Chester Warren Stanley owned the boat and fished from it from 1935 to 1961. | 
Description: Chester Eben Clement (1881-1937) designed and built the vessel from a half-model for Harvard Riley Beal in 1931. He built the boat in 21 days. It was fished by Harvard Riley Beal and then by Chester Warren Stanley. It never had a name. "Chester [Clement] did build fishing boats, too, including a thirty-four-footer for Harvard Beal in 1931, one that my father owned later. Around that time, Harvard had an older boat that was leaking quite badly. He was fishing off Mount Desert Rock and he decided he needed something newer, so he came in and ordered one. Twenty-one days later, he was back off the Rock in his new boat, fishing. She had a Van Blerk in her. That was a" popular marine engine at the time, quite big and powerful. She'd go good with it. Harvard had her until 1935 or '36, when my father bought her. They had built her quick and had nailed the planks in the hull right to the floor timbers. Coming in from Mount Desert Rock one time, Harvard gave her a pounding and pulled a nail right through one of the planks. My father had that hole plugged when he owned the boat, but every once in a while she'd work and the nail head would push the plug out and she'd start leaking again. Finally, he had to nail a lath over that plug to hold it in. It was still there when he sold her. My father owned that thirty-four-footer for thirty-five years or more. He'd had new floor timbers put in her because he was going haking in her and needed the platform solid to hold the weight of the catch. That's what probably saved her." - “Ralph Stanley : Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder” by Craig S. Milner and Ralph W. Stanley, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2004, p. 41-42. Chester Warren Stanley owned the boat and fished from it from 1935 to 1961. [show more] | |||||
| 14240 | Eva Anita - Lobster Boat |
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| 14249 | Irona II - Lobster Style Pleasure Boat |
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| 14250 | Windfall - Lobster Style Pleasure Boat |
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| 14251 | Kittiwake II - Pleasure Cruiser |
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| 14383 | Driftwood - Lobster Style Pleasure Boat Chicken of the Sea - Lobster Style Pleasure Boat |
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| “Driftwood” was a 34’ lobster style pleasure boat built by Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders for Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) in 1950. She was later owned by the Dwight Blaney family of Ironbound Island. Jarvis W. Newman rebuilt her in 1988 and sold her to Gerrit Livingston Lansing (1942-2010), an art historian and expert on American Surrealism, of Northeast Harbor and Greenwich, Connecticut who renamed her “Chicken of the Sea.” |  Driftwood - Lobster Style Pleasure Boat Chicken of the Sea - Lobster Style Pleasure Boat
Description: “Driftwood” was a 34’ lobster style pleasure boat built by Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders for Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) in 1950. She was later owned by the Dwight Blaney family of Ironbound Island. Jarvis W. Newman rebuilt her in 1988 and sold her to Gerrit Livingston Lansing (1942-2010), an art historian and expert on American Surrealism, of Northeast Harbor and Greenwich, Connecticut who renamed her “Chicken of the Sea.” | |||||
| 14483 | Continental - Sardine Carrier Attrypa - Lobster Boat |
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