Giffy Full told me that I should check out Rockport Marine because there was some good work going on there. He’s right. This is the first time in many months that I had a hard time finding a parking space at a boatyard. I didn’t have much time to spend there but the sheds are full and there are some interesting projects going. I couldn’t resist taking a picture of a twin-screw power boat in for a refit. Not many places that can make them like that anymore. To see more just google rockport marine and pick the maine one. Giffy will be talking about Rockport Marine on the Oct 13 show. a.s.

Rumors lately say that George McKay, the prime motivator behind Raw Faith, has decided to put a motor in the boat according to his son. I went to Rockland where the boat has been on anchor for a long time to see how things are progressing. As you can see the boat appears to have all of its standing rigging in place and three sails bent on. All searches of raw faith websites failed and the harbormaster’s office has no way of contacting the boat, so there you go and there it sits. I’ll update this entry as more information becomes available. a.s.

The November issue of Fisherman’s Voice has a nice long article on Raw Faith.  a.s. 11/08/09