Classic Yacht Restorations
Boat Repair & Maintenance
I
will gladly provide assistance in a variety of areas: pre-purchase
evaluation with recommendations; invoicing with clear statements of work
completed and time involved accompanied with digital pictures of finished
work; brokerage & delivery services, equipment purchases. I take great
pride in providing reliable and efficient work habits, reasonable pricing, attention to detail, and the highest
quality hand craftsmanship with an artisan’s eye.
As owner and operator,
I am confident that my over 40 years of experience in the marine trades will
be of great benefit to your next boat project. I apprenticed in Tacoma,
WA
in the early 1970's under the tutelage of Joe Trumbly, the renowned
boatbuilding instructor at LH Bates Voc Tec Institute. I returned home to
Connecticut in 1974 and took employment as a carpenter and rigger at Essex Boat Works
for 10 years. Major credits include: lofting and constructing the 24' Benford designed
Friendship sloop "Prelude"; the 5 year ownership and maintenance of "Halcyon",
the 45' Stadel wooden gaff rigged schooner; the 16 year ownership and
maintenance of "Tomahawk", a 48' S&S yawl built in 1938.
Following my years in Essex, I went on to manage businesses which
included yacht sales, marine parts distribution, inventory control, and warehousing.
Of necessity, yachtrestorations.com became a focused entity during September '01. Originally located in Stamford CT, the shop was moved to Stonington CT in May '03. Recent projects include:
"Aucoot", a 23' Prudence sloop designed by L. Francis Herreshoff. Replace 16 bottom planks, 80% frames, deck and trim, deck beams, cabin top and trim, mast step, rudder, floor timbers. Design and make new: cabin doors, cockpit sole and cockpit seats, pilot berths, hanging lockers, and counter tops. Re-caulk and refasten bottom. Refinish with paint and varnish interior and exterior of hull.
Chris Craft "Barrelback", a 19' open runabout from the early '50's. Strip hull and deck; stain and varnish. Provide engraver pieces as required. Reef and caulk deck and hatch seams.
"Gull", a Fishers Island OD by Charles D. Mower. Install new plywood and canvas deck; design and fabricate mahogany cockpit sole; laminate new cockpit coaming; parcel and serve spliced eyes in standing rigging; replace running rigging; replace spreaders; strip and varnish spars. Laminate new tiller.
"Ruffian", a 21' Boothbay Harbor One Design by Geerd Hendel. Build new spars; caulk bottom; install new plywood and canvas deck; remove and re-bed ballast, keel, and keel bolts; replace coamings and splash rail; design and install chainplate tie-in with maststep. Install new deck hardware. Laminate new tiller.
"Rosa", O'Day 27 sloop. Replace electrical and plumbing systems. Replace fuel tank and fuel lines. Replace portlights. Laminate new tiller.
"Last Ride", a Dusky 233 Center Console. Laminate new oak and mahogany tow bit; fabricate and install new console seat.
8' Dyer Dink. Remove, re-bed, and re-fasten daggerboard trunk. Refinish brightwork.
17' Boston Whaler Montauk. Install new console; design and fabricate console seat; design and fabricate removable back seat; design and mount antenna arch/grab rail.
Michael Terry
Taugwonk Industrial Park #5 Stonington CT
Mobile Device: (860) 514-7766
Email Address: mhterryjr@yachtrestorations.com
L. Francis Herreshoff "Aucoot":