Complete rebuild, including new stern.   For details of the launching see the  August 31, 2007 Shipyard Blog posting on the Launching of the Bounty.  Watch the VIDEO of the launching or the process of the rebuild VIDEO.
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The official vessel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Ernestina, ex-Effie M. Morrissey is a National Historic Landmark. Originally a fishing vessel at the Grand Banks, the Ernestina has ventured to Greenland and to the Arctic, 600 miles from the North Pole. In 1986, the Ernestina began her career as a sailing school ship, living history museum, and cultural ambassador. After arriving in June at the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, the Ernestina began a three-month restoration period. The ship will undergo work to the bow and will return for two other yard periods for work to the midship and stern as funds are acquired.

 Watch an audio SLIDESHOW on the rebuild.

See the Shipyard Log for July 16, 2008

Watch a VIDEO news release from NECN

The extensive six-month rehabilitation of the Alera began the day after the yard celeb rated the yacht's 100th birthday on January 3, 2005.

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Inspection maintenance and routine haul out

The tugboat Lucinda/Smith, owned by Smith Marine Engineering, John and Cindy Smith, is getting an engine replacement. More information at the  Shipyard Log July 12, 2008

Watch the VIDEO on the Lucinda Smith Tugboat.

In December of 1993, Harvey Gamage was purchased by a non-profit educational organization in Bath, Maine that evolved into the Ocean Classroom Foundation (OCF) of today. Harvey Gamage is now devoted exclusively to sea education programming, while still following her traditional route between New England and the Caribbean. For more details on the Ocean Classroom Foundation see the Shipyard Log.  For details on the work that was done at the shipyard on the Harvey Gamage see Shipyard Log.  Watch the VIDEO narrated by Capt. Stefan Edick.

The Discovery is a re-creation of the smallest of three ships that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607 and, along with the Susan Constant and Godspeed, is an exhibit at Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th-century Virginia operated by the state’s Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. The $1.97-million Discovery was built for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation by Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.  For more information see the  Shipyard Log.
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We repaired the extensive damage to the bow after it was carried in harms way so it could be ready for the 2008 Tall Ship season. See the June 5, 2008 Shipyard Log for more information.

The Sherman Zwicker is the last remaining auxiliary fishing schooner and has all of its main original features still intact and operational.  Originally a Grand Banks fishing boat, the Sherman Zwicker is often seen at the Tall Ship P.arades.  She was just at the  shipyard for minor repairs.
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Design and construction of a new passenger schooner
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New design and construction of three catboats for a summer camp
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New design and construction of a lug-rigged dinghy
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