Downeast Boat Resource – Dimensions & Builder History

Comprehensive Guide to Maine’s Downeast & Lobster Boat Builders

Since the 1970s, Maine boatbuilders have created some of the most respected lobster boats, Downeast yachts, and commercial fishing vessels in the world. This resource compiles dimensions, builder details, and production histories of iconic designs such as Duffy, BHM, Beal, Wesmac, and others. Each entry highlights length, beam, draft, hull style, and the number of hulls produced, giving buyers, sellers, and enthusiasts a reliable reference point for Maine-built boats.

Our brokerage maintains this record to support owners and prospective buyers who want to better understand the heritage of Downeast and lobster boats.

Also check our core inventory lobster boats, Downeast yachts, and Tuna sportfish, plus various commercial vessels.

Resources

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History of Lobster Boat Design

The Downeast lobster boat came into its own at the turn of the 20th century, as Maine builders adapted from sail and oar to power. Early “make and break” engines and later high-powered automobile gasoline engines, widely promoted in Motor Boat Magazine after WWI, inspired new working craft. By the 1920s, Jonesport designer Will Frost was producing hulls that many consider the direct ancestors of today’s lobster boat.

The classic Downeast design features a fine bow entry, generous midship deadrise, a flatter stern section, full-length keel, and large open cockpit—an arrangement combining seaworthiness, stability, and working deck space. Modern Downeast boats typically employ semi-displacement or “semi-planing” hulls. At rest and low speed, buoyancy supports the hull like a displacement vessel. As speed rises, hydrodynamic lift reduces drag, aided by flatter aft sections, lifting rails, trim tabs, and careful power-to-weight balance. This enables efficient cruising well above traditional displacement speeds.

Design Evolution

In recent decades, builders have widened beams beyond the traditional 3:1 length-to-beam ratio. Broader, flatter stern sections provide buoyancy for heavier diesel engines and larger payloads. The fine forward entry and generous deadrise still soften the ride in head seas, while the long keel steadies the boat and protects running gear. Some builders also employ water-ballasted keels to lower the center of gravity, a useful feature for offshore boats that need extra stability in heavy weather.

Built Down vs. Skeg Built

Two main hull types dominate Downeast construction:

  • Built Down – deep bilges and a graceful reverse curve forward, with considerable deadrise that flattens aft. Engines sit lower in the hull, allowing a more horizontal drive line. Typically a softer ride.

  • Skeg Built – shallower amidships with a flatter bottom and nearly vertical keel aft. This form favors higher speeds and semi-planing performance

Both benefit from long keels and large rudders, which provide reliable tracking and strong steering control, even in following seas—the most challenging condition for many powerboats.

Chines and Spray Rails

Chine treatment adds further variation:

  • Rounded/soft chines create a smooth waterline and slower, gentler roll.

  • Hard chines add lift and reduce roll under way, though with a quicker roll period. Many builders, such as Wesmac, successfully use hard chines to achieve higher speeds without sacrificing seakeeping.

Spray rails, often carried aft below the waterline, can also lift the hull slightly, increasing efficiency and speed.

Power and Performance

Downeast boats are almost always single-engine inboard vessels, either gas or diesel. Singles are preferred for efficiency, maintenance savings, and keel protection of the propeller and rudder. Twin-engine builds are rare, though some modern high-speed designs use them. Typical cruise speeds range from displacement pace with modest power to over 20 knots with larger diesels; racing-configured boats have reached extraordinary speeds—such as a 30′ Duffy clocked at 70 mph.

Handling

Like all single-screw boats, Downeasters require skill in close quarters. With a starboard helm and a left-hand turning prop, the stern will walk to starboard in reverse when not making way—known as prop walk. With practice, this tendency can be used to advantage for docking.

This overview highlights the evolution and key features of Downeast lobster boat design. Contributions, corrections, and additions are welcomed to further refine the record of these iconic Maine boats.

For more in depth on the evolution of the Downeast hull design in fiberglass.

© Capt. Hal Oakes, Pres., Midcoast Yacht & Ship Brokerage

Downeast Boat Builders Reference

A.J. Enterprises

  • Founded: 1985 by Alan Johnson

  • Location: Winter Harbor, Maine

  • Models:

    • 28 – 28′ x 10’3″ x 2’10”, built-down style, Airex-cored hulls and tops

Atlantic Boats (Builders of Duffy & BHM)

  • Location: Flye Point, Brooklin, Maine

  • Production: 1,250+ hulls since 1970s

  • Models: (Built Downs)

    • 26 – 26’3″ x 9’6″ x 2’10”, 50+ built since 1986

    • 29 –
    • 31  BHM

    • 31 – 30’10” x 11’0″ x 3’0″, Spencer Lincoln, 50+ built since 1983

    • 35 – 35’0″ x 11’10” x 3’3″, 370+ built since 1982

    • 36 BHM

    • 37 – 37’0″ x 13’2″ x 4’1″, Spencer Lincoln, 31+ built since 1999

    • 38 – 38’6″ x 14’0″, built-down

    • 39 BHM

    • 42 – 42’1″ x 14’7″ x 4’6″, 100+ built since 1985

    • 48 – 48’3″ x 17’4″ x 5’0″, Spencer Lincoln, 1990

    • 56 – Duffy, design by Royal Lowell

Albin Boats

  • Builder: C&C Marine, Bristol, RI

  • Models:

    • 28 – 29’11” x 10’0″ x 3’3″, skeg keel, 1,000+ built

    • 32 – 33’0″ x 12’4″ x 3’10”, skeg keel

    • 35 – 34’11” x 12’4″ x 3’10”, skeg keel

    • 35 Command Bridge – 34’11” x 12’3″ x 3’11”

    • 45 Command Bridge – 44’4″ x 16’0″ x 3’11”

    • 48 Command Bridge – 48’2″ x 16’0″ x 3’11”, designed by Albin Marine Design Group

A.J. Enterprises

◦ 28 – 28′0″ x 10′3″ x 2′10″ (Built Down)

A.W. Pettegrow

◦ 30 – Pettegrow

Alden Yachts

  • Founded: 1909 by John G. Alden

  • Built: until 2008 (99 years of boatbuilding)

Atlas Boat Works

  • Location: Cape Coral, Florida

  • Notes: Built with traditional lobster-boat design

  • Models:

    • Shallow Key 14 – 13’10” x 4’10”, built-down

    • Acadia 25 – 24’10” x 8’6″ x 2’6″, built-down

    • Acadia 21 – 21’3″ x 7’0″ x 2’0″, built-down

    • Pompano 21 – 21’3″ x 7’0″ x 2’0″, built-down

    • Acadia 21E – 21’3″ x 7’0″ x 20″, built-down

BHM (Bass Harbor Marine)

  • Later acquired by Atlantic Boat Company

  • Designs by Spencer Lincoln

Blue Seas Marine

  • Models: 31, 33

  • Designer: Royal Lowell

  • Notes: Semi-displacement, built-down hull, moderate bow flare. Solid fiberglass hull, balsa-cored deck/superstructure

    • 31 – 31’0″ x 11’6″ x 3’5″

    • 33 – 33’0″ x 11’6″ x 3’0″

DownEast Custom Boats

22 Sisu

26 Sisu

DMR

  • Models: 44, 56, 65
  • Specs:
    • 44 – 44’0″ x 15’8″ x 6’0″
    • 56 – 56’0″ x 16’0″ x 9’7″ (Designed by Royal Lowell)
    • 65 – 65’0″ x 20’0″ x 6’5″

Dyer Boats

  • Founded: 1930 by Bill Dyer (The Anchorage, Inc.)
  • Production: Manufactured for 40+ years
  • Models: 7-11, 29, 40
  • Specs:
    • 7/11
    • 16
    • 29 – 28’5″ x 9’5″ x 2’5″ (Over 400 built)
    • 40 – 39’7″ x 12’5″ x 3’0″ (Over 300 built)

Eastern Boats

◦ 18 – Seaway
◦ 20 – Eastern
◦ 21 – Seaway / Eastern
◦ 22 – Eastern / Rosborough / Sisu (Rosborough mod.)
◦ 24 – Seaway / Eastern / Rosborough (24′6″) / Eastern (24′8″)
◦ 27 – Seaway / Eastern

Eastporter

17′ 21′ 24′

East Side Boat Shop (Libby)

◦ 34 – Libby
◦ 38 – Libby
◦ 41 – Libby
◦ 47 – Libby

Eaton’s Fiberglass

◦ 25 – EBS (Northern Bay)

Ellis Boat Company

◦ 20 – 20′2″ x 7′6″ x 11″
◦ 24 – 24′4″ x 8′6″ x 1′6″
◦ 28 – 28′4″ x 9′4″ x 3′0″
◦ 36 – 35′10″ (≈40′5″ incl. platforms) x 13′2″ x 3′10″–4′0″

Flowers Boat Shop

  • Notes: Designs by Calvin Beal, Spencer Lincoln, modifications/new designs by Ken Flower.
  • New Line: “East Coast” in 28, 30, 33, 36, 38, 43, 46

Flye Point

  • Model: 32 (by Spencer Lincoln). Absorbed by Atlantic Boat.
  • Specs:
    • 32 – 31’9″ x 11’5″ x 3’6″

Fortier

  • Design: Eldridge-McInnis
  • Production: 400+ boats built
  • Models: 26, 30, 33, 40
  • Specs:
    • 26 – 26’9″ x 10’0″ x 30″ (Foam core hull, full-molded keel & skeg)
    • 30 – 30’0″ x 11’0″ x 30″ (Foam core hull, full-molded keel)
    • 33 – 33’6″ x 11’8″ x 2’8″ (Foam core hull, full-molded keel)
    • 40 – Coming soon…

Five Islands

  • Model: 35 (formerly Bruno & Stillman 35; design by Royal Lowell)
  • Specs:
    • 35 – 35’0″ x 12’6″ x 4’0″

General Marine

  • Location: Biddeford, Maine
  • Models: 20, 22, 26, 36
  • Specs:
    • Bluewater 20 – 20’1″ x 8’6″ x 14″
    • Bluewater 22 – 22’0″ x 9’0″ x 12″
    • Bluewater 26 – 26’4″ x 9’6″ x 30″
    • General Marine 36 – Many options available

H&H Marine

  • Design: Osmond Beal (brother of Calvin Beal)
  • Founded: 1984
  • Hull Type: Skeg-style across the line
  • Models: 25, 27, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 47
  • Specs:
    • Osmond 25 – 25’6″ x 10’5″ x 3’0″
    • Osmond 27 – 27’0″ x 10’5″ x 3’0″
    • Osmond 29 – 29’8″ x 10’8″ x 3’6″
    • Osmond 32 – 32’2″ x 11’3″ x 3’4″
    • Osmond 34 – 34’8″ x 13’3″ x 4’3″
    • Osmond 35 – 35’11” x 12’8″ x 3’6″
    • Osmond 36 – 36’8″ x 13’3″ x 4’4″
    • Osmond 37 – 37’6″ x 12’8″ x 3’6″
    • Osmond 38 – 38’4″ x 14’10” x 4’2″
    • Osmond 40 – 40’0″ x 14’10” x 4’2″
    • Osmond 42 – 42’0″ x 15’3″ x 4’8″
    • Osmond 47 – 47’4″ x 19’2″ x 5’4″

Harris

  • Models: 28, 36, 38
  • Specs:
    • 28 – 28’0″ x 10’5″ x 3.5″
    • 36 – 36’0″ x 12’0″ x 3’0″
    • 38 – 38’0″ x 12’0″ x 3’5″
  • Notes: 35 and 36 by Royal Lowell

Henriques Yachts

  • Founder/Designer: Jack Henriques
  • Construction: All solid fiberglass bottoms
  • Models: 28, 30, 35, 38, 42, 50
  • Specs:
    • 28 Express – 28’2″ x 10’2″ x 2’11”
    • 30 Express – 30’0″ x 12’0″ x 3’0″
    • 35 Express – 35’0″ x 13’0″ x 3’6″
    • 38 El Bravo – 38’0″ x 13’10”
    • 42 Express – 42’0″ x 14’9″ x 3’7″
    • 50 Express – 55’0″ x 16’6″

Holland’s Boat Shop

  • Design/Build: Glen Holland; designs by Royal Lowell
  • Models: 14, 32, 38 (Skeg Built)
  • Specs:
    • 14 – 14’0″ x 6’2″
    • 32 – 32’1″ x 10’6″ x 3’3″ (Designed by Royal Lowell & Glen Holland)
    • 38 – 38’0″ x 12’10” x 4’1″

Hinckley

  • Since: 1928, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Models: 29, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 48, 55
  • Specs:
    • 29C – 29’2″ x 9’1″ x 1’9″
    • 29R – 29’2″ x 9’1″ x 1’9″
    • T34 – 34’3″ x 11’0″ x 22″
    • 36 MKIII – 36’11” x 11’3″ x 2’1″
    • 38R – 38’0″ x 11’0″ x 2’3″
    • 40 MKII – 40’1″ x 12’5″ x 2’3″
    • 44 MKII MY – 44’0″ x 13’6″ x 2’4″
    • 44 MKII FB – 44’0″ x 13’6″ x 2’4″
    • 48 MKII MY – 51’6″ x 15’5″ x 2’7″
    • 55 MKII MY – 55’3″ x 17’9″ x 2’11”
    • 55 MKII FB – 55’3″ x 17’9″ x 2’11”

Hunt Yachts (C. Raymond Hunt)

  • Models: 25, 29, 33, 36, 44, 52, 68
  • Specs:
    • Surfhunter 25 – 25’0″ x 9’0″
    • Harrier 25 – 25’0″ x 9’0″ x 1’6″/3’0″
    • Harrier 29 – 29’6″ x 10’6″ x 1’6″/3’0″
    • Surfhunter 29 – 29’6″ x 10’6″ x 1’8″/3’0″
    • Surfhunter 33 – 33’0″ x 11’4″ x 1’6″/3’0″
    • Harrier 36 – 36’6″ x 11’4″ x 1’10″/3’0″
    • Hunt 44 Express – 44’3″ x 14’6″ x 2’9″
    • Hunt 52 – 53’3″ x 15’8″ x 4’8″
    • Hunt 68 Express – 68.5’0″ x 19’6″ x 5’4.5″

Hutchinson Composites

Mussel Ridge 28
Mussel Ridge 42
Mussel Ridge 46
Mussel Ridge 48
Mussel Ridge 54

Jamie Lowell

43 Lowell

JC Boat Sales (JC)

  • Since: 1975 (340+ boats built) — Nashua, NH (now out of business)
  • Models: 26, 27, 28, 31, 35, 40
  • Variants: Chesapeake Work Boat, Basic Work Boat, Provincetown (sportfish), Casco Bay (flybridge cruiser), Bass Boat, Center Console
  • Specs:
    • 26 – 26’0″ x 10’0″ x 2’10”
    • 27 – 28’0″ x 10’6″ x 2’6″
    • 28 – 28’0″ x 10’6″ x 2’6″
    • 31 – 31’0″ x 11’2″ x 3’0″
    • 35 – 34’9″ x 12’0″ x 3’7″

Johns Bay Boats

Peter Kass built wood boats – See more wooden boat builders below

  • Type: Custom wooden boats
  • Builder/Designer: Peter Kass — among Maine’s finest wooden boat builders
  • Models: 24, 42 or custom length
  • Specs:
    • ◦ 24 – 24′0″ x 8′8″ x 2′6″
      ◦ 32 – 32′0″ x 11′2″ x 3′7″
      ◦ 32 – 32′3″ x 11′4″ x 3′5″
      ◦ 38 – 38′0″ x 13′2″ x 3′7″
      ◦ 39 – 39′0″ x 12′8″ x 4′1″
      ◦ 40 – 40′0″ x 12′8″ x 4′1″
      ◦ 40 – 40′0″ x 13′0″ x —
      ◦ 41 – 41′0″ x 14′7″ x 3′4″
      ◦ 44 – 44′0″ x 14′0″ x —
      ◦ 44 – 44′6″ x 14′2″ x 5′8″
      ◦ 46 – 46′0″ x 15′3″ x 5′4″
      ◦ 46 – 46.2′ x 15.3′ x 8.2′
      ◦ 46 – 46′0″ x 16′0″ x —
      ◦ 47 – 47′0″ x 14′0″ x —
      ◦ 47 – 47′0″ x 15.5′ x 5′0″

John Williams Boat Company

◦ 26 – Somes Sound
◦ 28 – Williams / Stanley
◦ 29 – Williams
◦ 36 – Stanley
◦ 38 – Williams / Stanley
◦ 39 – Stanley
◦ 42 – Stanley
◦ 44 – Stanley

Judge Yachts

  • Location: Denton, Maryland
  • Models: 19, 22, 24, 27, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, Custom
  • Specs:
    • 19 – 19’0″ x 7’6″ x 10″
    • 22 – 22’0″ x 8’6″ x 12″
    • 24 – 24’4″ x 8’10” x 15″
    • 27 – 27’0″ x 8’6″ x 18″
    • 32 – 31’6″ x 11’6″ x 3’3″
    • 34 Express – 35’0″ x 12’2″ x 36″
    • 35 Express – 35’0″ x 12’2″ x 36″
    • 36 Chesapeake – 36’0″ x 12’0″ x 29″
    • 37 Oxford – 37’0″ x 12’0″ x 29″
    • 42 – 42’4″ x 15’8″ x 3’8″

Lash Brothers

  • Note: Built by Nautilus Marine Fabrication, Inc. in Trenton, Maine.

Legacy Yachts

  • Models: 32, 34, 40
  • Specs:
    • 32 – 32’0″ x 12’4″ x 3’10”
    • 34 – 34’0″ x 12’5″ x 3’6″
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 13’7″ x 4’6″

Lowell Brothers / Even Keel Marine

  • Design Lineage: Carroll Lowell (father of Joe & Jamie), Royal Lowell (uncle).
  • Models: 22, 24, 26, 36, 38, 43, Custom
  • Specs:
    • Lowell 22 – 21’9″ x 7’10” x 1’9″ (Designed by Royal Lowell for Sisu; formerly Sisu 22)
    • Lowell 26 – 25’10” x 9’11” x 3’0″ (Designed by Royal Lowell for Sisu)
    • Lowell 38 – 38’9″ x 13’1″ x 4’0″  (Designed by Jamie Lowell) First one finished by Lowell Brothers.
    • Lowell 43 – 43’0″ x 15’0″ x 5’0″ — built-down (Designed by Carroll Lowell, 1997)

J.C. Boats

◦ 26 – 26′0″ x 10′2″ x 2′10″
◦ 27 – 27′0″ x 10′6″ x 2′6″
◦ 28 – 28′0″ x 10′6″ x 2′6″
◦ 31 – 31′0″ x 11′2″ x 3′0″
◦ 35 – 35′0″ x 12′0″ x 3′7″

Jarvis Newman

◦ 32 – 32′0″ x 10′6″ x 3′6″
◦ 36 – 36′0″ x 11′0″ x 3′4″
◦ 38 – 38′0″ x 11′0″ x 4′9″
◦ 46 – 46′0″ x 15′0″ x 4′6″

Ernest “Nernie” Libby Jr. & Sons (1935–2012)

  • Location: Great Wass Island, Beals, Maine
  • Models: 34, 38 (Hulls & tops — Ernest Libby designs for Young Brothers, Corea, Maine)

Norman Libby & Son

  • Model: 41 — Hull/top designed by Ernest Libby Jr.

MDI (Mount Desert Island) Boatworks

  • Designer: Ernest Libby Jr.
  • Location: Great Wass Island, Beals, Maine
  • Models: 30, 32, 37, 45
  • Specs:
    • 30 – 30’1″ x 11’1″ x 3’2″
    • 32 – 32’0″ x 11’0″
    • 37 – 37’7″ x 13’3″ x 3’10”
    • 45 – 45’0″ x 15’3″ x 4’7″

MJM Yachts

  • Founded: 2002 by Bob Johnstone
  • Hull Type: Skeg-style hulls
  • Models: 29z, 34z, 36z, 40z
  • Specs:
    • 29z – 32’6″ x 10’2″ x 16″
    • 34z – 37’4″ x 11’0″ x 28″
    • 36z – 39’3″ x 11’0″ x 2’5″
    • 40z – 44’2″ x 12’0″ x 3’3″

Mainship

  • Hull Type: Skeg-style across models
  • Models: 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47
  • Specs:
    • 30 – 33’1″ x 10’3″ x 2’6″
    • 31 – 33’3″ x 11’10” x 2’10”
    • 34 – 34’0″ x 11’11” x 2’10”
    • 35 – 34’11” x 12’8″ x 2’10”
    • 36 – 36’2″ x 13’0″ x 2’2″
    • 37 – 39’6″ x 13’5″ x 3’7″
    • 39 – 39’2″ x 14’11” x 3’4″
    • 40 – 41’4″ x 14’2″ x 3’8″
    • 41 – 40’11” x 14’5″ x 3’6″
    • 43 – 47’9″ x 15’6″ x 3’8″
    • 45 – 47’9″ x 15’6″ x 3’8″
    • 47 – 46’10” x 15’5″ x 3’10”

Mariner Yachts (Far East Yachts)

  • Founder/Designer: Clair Oberly (est. 1957, Yokosuka, Japan)
  • Models: 31, 32, 35, 36, 40
  • Specs:
    • 31 – 30’10” x 9’9″ x 3’8″
    • 32 – 31’10” x 9’9″ x 3’8″
    • 35 – 34’6″ x 10’3″ x 5’0″
    • 36 – 35’10” x 11’0″ x 5’0″
    • 40 – 40’4″ x 11’5″ x 5’8″

Millennium Marine

◦ 28 – Northern Bay

Mitchell Cove

  • Designer: Calvin Beal Jr.
  • Offering: Bare hull kits or finished to any stage
  • Models: 20, 32, 35, 37
  • Specs:
    • 20 – 20’3″ x 9’2″
    • 32 – 32’0″ x 12’0″ x 4’0″ skeg built
    • 35 – 35’0″ x 13’1″ skeg built
    • 37 – 37’0″ x 13’1″ skeg built

Morgan Bay Boat Company

  • Established: 1993 (Owned by Gerald Kief)
  • Models: 22, 32, 38, 42 (Custom)
  • Specs:
    • 22 – 22’0″ x 8’6″ x 2’4″
    • 32 – 32’0″ x 12’0″
    • 38 – 38’0″ x 13’6″ x 3’8″
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 14’6″ x 4’11”
    • 43 – 43 Morgan Bay
    • 46 – 46 Morgan Bay

Mussel Ridge

  • Designer: Calvin Beal
  • Models: 28, 42 (built to order)
  • Specs:
    • 28 – 28’0″ (Built to order)
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 14’9″ x 4’11” — built-down, built to order

Nauset

  • Builder: Nauset Marine, Orleans, MA
  • Models: 25, 28, 33, 36, 42, Custom
  • Specs:
    • 25 – 24’9″ x 10’0″ x 24″
    • 28 – 28’0″ x 10’8″ x 33″
    • 33 – 33’0″ x 12’2″ x 3’6″
    • 35 – 35′ 0″ x 11′ 11″ x 2′ 10″
    • 36 – 36’0″ x 12’6″ x 3’2″
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 14’5″ x 4’5″

New Harbor Boats

◦ 26 – New Harbor (Wasque)
◦ 29 – New Harbor (Wasque)

Northeast Composites

43 Lowell

Northern Bay Boats — 36 & 38

  • 36 (Spencer Lincoln): ~160 built
    • Specs: 36’0″ x 12’8″ x 3’6″
  • 38 (Designers: Perry Kuiper & John Hutchins; input from Chuck Paine & Mark Fitzgerald):
    • LOA/Beam/Draft: 38’2″ x 13’4″ (11’8″ at transom) x 4’0″
    • Notes: Can be lengthened to 40’–42′; two sets of molds (Maine & Netherlands). The 38 is not the same as the 36; it is 2.5′ longer, wider, and has 6″ more freeboard.
    • Count: ~65 built to date
    • Site: northernbayboats.com

North Shore

  • Model: 22 (from one of the three Sisu 22 molds)
  • Specs: 22’0″ x 8’4″ x 24″

Jarvis Newman (now built by C.W. Hood)

  • Models: 30, 32, 36, 38, 46
  • Specs:
    • 30 – 30’0″ x 10’6″
    • 32 – 32’0″ x 11’0″ x 3’6″
    • 36 – 36’0″ x 11’0″ x 3’4″
    • 38 – 38’0″ x 13’6″ x 4’9″
    • 46 – 46’0″ x 15’0″ x 4’6″

John’s Marine Care

◦ 22 – Webbers Cove
◦ 25 – Coombs Cove
◦ 26 – Webbers Cove
◦ 29 – Webbers Cove

OEM / Otis Enterprises Marine

  • Founder: Keith Otis (est. 1979)
  • Production: 87 boats produced
  • Models: 42, Custom
  • Specs:

    ◦ 20 – Mitchell Cove
    ◦ 21 – Flying Point
    ◦ 25 – BHM
    ◦ 28 – BHM
    ◦ 42 – 42’0″ x 14’0″ x 4’8″  OEM

Padebco

  • Owner/Builder: Bruce Cunningham (40+ years)
  • Models: 21, 23, 27, 29, 32, Custom
  • Specs:
    • 21 – 21’6″ x 8’6″ x 13″
    • 23 – 23’6″ x 8’6″ x 13″
    • 27 – 27’0″ x 10’0″ x 38″
    • 29 – 29’0″ x 10’0″ x 28″
    • 32 – 32’1″ x 11’6″ x 3’8″

Parker

  • Since: Late 1960s
  • Construction: All solid-glass hulls
  • Models: 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 34
  • Specs:
    • 18 – 18’0″ x 7’6″ x 7″
    • 21 – 21’0″ x 8’6″ x 10″
    • 23 – 23’0″ x 8’6″ x 15″
    • 25 – 25’4″ x 9’6″ x 15″
    • 28 – 27’4″ x 9’6″ x 17″
    • 34 – 34’0″ x 11’8″ x 24″

Pemaquid Harbor Yachts

  • Designers: Spencer Lincoln & John Cousens
  • Types: Custom bass, lobster cruisers, center consoles
  • Models: 10 (tender), 22, 26, 29
  • Specs:
    • 10 – Traditional tender
    • 22 – 22’0″ x 8’4″ x 2’0″
    • 26 – 26’4″ x 10’6″ x 2’6″
    • 29 – 29’4″ x 10’6″ x 3’0″

Pettegrow / Pilot Cove

  • Designer/Builder: Mac Pettegrow
  • Model: 26 (Pilot Cove)
  • Specs: 26’0″ x 9’6″ x 3’0″

Pilots Point

  • Models: 36, 42
  • Specs:
    • 36 – 36’0″ x 12’8″ x 3’6″
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 15’0″

Portsmouth

  • Designer: Royal Lowell
  • Model: 30
  • Specs: 30’0″ x 10’6″ x 3’0″

RP Boats

  • Design: Willis Beal (hulls & tops)
  • Models: 31, 32, 35, 40
  • Specs:
    • 31 – 31’0″ x 12’0″ x 3’0″
    • 32 – 32’0″ x 11’3″ x 3’3″
    • 35 – 35’0″ x 13’6″ x 3’6″
    • 40 – 40’0″ x 15’2″ x 4’4″

Repco

  • Models: 30, 37
  • Specs:
    • 30 – 30’0″ x 10’6″ x 3’6″
    • 37 – 37’0″ x 12’6″ x 3’0″

Robinhood (Custom Yachts since 1950)

  • Models: 33, 36, 40 (Cape Dory lineage)
  • Specs:
    • Cape Dory 33 – 33’6″ x 10’3″ x 4’10”
    • Cape Dory 36 – 36’2″ x 10’8″ x 5’0″
    • Cape Dory 40 – 40’0″ x 12’7″ x 6’0″

ROS Boats

  • Models: 13, 16, 24, 30 — full keel & no-keel designs
  • Specs:
    • 13 – 13’0″ x 60″
    • 16 – 16’0″ x 7’7″ x 8″
    • 24 – 24’0″ x 8’4″ x 18″
    • 30 – 30’0″ x 10’4″

Sabre Yachts

  • Since: 1970 (sail & motor yachts)
  • Models: 34, 36, 38, 42, 48, 54
  • Specs:
    • 34 – 34’6″ x 13’3″ x 3’0″
    • 36 – 36’0″ x 12’6″ x 3’4″
    • 38 – 38’0″ x 13’4″
    • 42 – 40’10” x 14’0″
    • 48 – 47’6″ x 15’4″
    • 54 – 53’2″ x 16’0″

Sargents Custom Boats

23 Crowley

25 Crowley

33 Crowley

38 South Shore

42 South Shore

Seaway

  • Founder: Harry Farmer (1970s)
  • Models: 18, 21, 24, 27
  • Specs:
    • 18 – 18’0″ x 8’0″
    • 21 – 21’0″ x 8’2″
    • 24 – 24’0″ x 8’6″ x 14″
    • 27 – 26’11” x 10’0″ x 38″

Seaworthy

  • Model: 28 — formerly the BHM 28; new builds available.
  • Specs: 28’4″ x 10’2″

Sisu (see also Lowell)

  • Models: 22, 26, 30 — designs by Royal Lowell.

South Shore Boatworks

  • Designer: Bob Fuller
  • Models: 15, 19, 25, Custom (Gurnet Point series)
  • Specs:
    • Gurnet Point 15 – 15’4″ x 4’4″
    • Gurnet Point 19 – 19’6″ x 4’4″
    • Gurnet Point 25 – 25’6″ x 8’6″ x 2’6″

SW Boatworks

Young Brothers 30 10′ 8’8″ 2’8″ Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 30 12′ 11’6″ 3’10” Skeg Built
Young Brothers 33 11′ 10′ 3’2″ Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 34 13′ 12’4″ 3’10” Skeg Built
Young Brothers 35 12’6″ 11′ 3’2″ Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 36 13’9″ 13′ 4′ Skeg Built
Young Brothers 38 S 12′ Skeg Built
Young Brothers 38 12’8″ 11’3″ 36’6″ Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 38 15′ 14’2″ 4’2″ Skeg Built
Young Brothers 40 13’6″ 12′ 36’10” Skeg Built
Young Brothers 42 15’8″ 14’6″ 5′ Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 42 15′ 14’2″ 4’2″ Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 44 17’6″ 16’2″ Skeg Built
Young Brothers 45 15′ 14′ 5′ Skeg Built
Young Brothers 46 15’8″ 14’6″ 5′ Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 46 Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 48 Skeg Built
Calvin Beal 50 Skeg Built

SS Boats

26 Northern Bay

34 South Shore

35 R&R

38 Northern Bay

Taylored Boats

RP 35

RP 38

RP 40

RP 42

T. Jason Boats

  • Designs: Calvin Beal & Terry Jason
  • Models: 28, 35
  • Specs:
    • 28 – 28’0″ x 10’2″ x 3’3″
    • 35 – 35’0″ x 13’0″ x 3’8″

Vicem

  • Notes: Classic Downeast series introduced in 1991; built in Turkey
  • Models: 52, 54, 58, 67, 72, 75
  • Specs:
    • 52 – 55’3″ x 14’9″ x 4’3″
    • 54 – 58’0″ x 16’7″ x 5’0″
    • 58 – 64’0″ x 17’5″ x 4’9″
    • 67 – 71’0″ x 18’4″ x 5’7″
    • 72 – 76’9″ x 18’5″ x 5’7″
    • 75 – 80’4″ x 18’9″ x 5’8″

Wayne Beal Boats (Skeg Built)

◦ 32 – Wayne Beal
◦ 34 – 34′0″ x 13′0″ x 3′10″
◦ 36 – 36′0″ x 13′2″ x 4′0″
◦ 40 – 40′0″ x 15′8″ x —
◦ 42 – Wayne Beal
◦ 46 – 46′0″ x 17′6″ x —

Wasque (see C.W. Hood)

Webbers Cove

  • Location: Blue Hill, Maine
  • Models: 22, 24, 26, 27, 34, 40
  • Specs:
    • 22 – 22’0″ x 8’4″ x 2’0″
    • 24 – 24’0″ x 8’4″ x 2’0″
    • 26 – 26’0″ x 10’6″ x 2’8″
    • 27 – 27’0″ x 10’6″
    • 34 – 34’0″ x 11’0″ x 3’7″
    • 40 – 40’0″ x 13’6″ x 5’0″

Wesmac Custom Boats

  • Founded: 1984
  • Hull Form: Hard chine, full keel, streamlined sternpost & skeg
  • Models: 36, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54 (Custom)
  • Specs:
    • 36 – 36’8″ x 12’8″ x 4’2″
    • 38 – 38’8″ x 12’8″ x 4’2″
    • 42 – 42’3″ x 14’6″ x 4’11”
    • 46 – 46’0″ x 14’6″ x 4’11”
    • 50 – 50’0″ x 17’6″ x 6’0″
    • 54 – 54’0″ x 17’6″ x 6’0″
  • WesMac 18
    WesMac 36 12’8″ Top 10’8″ WL 11’5″ 4’2″
    WesMac 38 12’8″ Top 10’8″ WL 11’5″ 4’2″
    WesMac 42 14’6″ Top 12’7″ WL 13’2″ 4’11”
    WesMac 46 14’6″ Top 12’7″ WL 13’2″ 4’11”
    WesMac SW 46 17’2″ Top 15’7.5″ WL 16’5″ 5’6″
    WesMac 50 17’6″ Top 15’6″ WL 16′ 6′
    WesMac 54 17’6″ Top 15’6″ WL 16′ 6′

West Bay Boats

  • Design: Richard Alley & Spencer Lincoln; refinements by C.W. Paine
  • Models: 31, 37
  • Specs:
    • 31 – 31’0″ x 10’10” x 3’3″ — built-down, semi-displacement (original design by Jim Beal)
    • 37 – 37’0″ — built-down, semi-displacement

Wicked Boats

Wicked (T-Jason) 28
Wicked (T-Jason) 35

John Williams Boat Company

  • Founder: Jock Williams
  • Models: 26, 28, 36, 38, 39, 42, 44
  • Specs:
    • Some Sound 26 – 25’10” x 9’2″ x 3’0″ — semi-displacement
    • Williams 28 – 28’0″ x 9’6″ x 2’11”
    • Stanley 28 – 28’0″ x 9’6″ x 2’11” — skeg style
    • Stanley 36 – 35’8″ x 12’2″ x 3’6″
    • Stanley 38 – 38’4″ x 12’8″ x 3’6″
    • Stanley 42 – 42’0″ x 14’2″ x 5’0″
    • Stanley 44 – 44’7″ x 14’8″ x 5’6″

Wilbur Yachts

  • Since: 1973 (200+ built) — Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Models: 31, 34, 38, 42, 46, 61 (Custom from 28–70)
  • Specs:
    • 31 – 30’9″ x 12’0″ x 3’3″
    • 34 – 34’4″ x 12’0″ x 3’8″ — semi-displacement
    • 38 – 38’6″ x 14’0″ x 4’8″ — semi-displacement
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 13’3″ x 4’6″ — hull based on Wesmac 42
    • 46 – 46’2″ x 15’5″ x 4’6″ — hull designed by Royal Lowell
    • 61 – 61’0″ x 17’0″ x 5’2″ — semi-displacement

Young Brothers (SW Boatworks)

  • Ownership: SW Boatworks
  • Design: Hulls & tops by Ernest Libby
  • Models: 30, 33, 35, 38, 40, 42, 45
  • Specs:
    • 30 – 30’0″ x 10’0″ x 32″
    • 33 – 33’0″ x 11’0″ x 38″
    • 35 – 35’10” x 12’6″ x 38″
    • 38 – 38’0″ x 12’8″ x 42″
    • 40 – 40’0″ x 13’6″ x 46″
    • 42 – 42’6″ x 15’8″ x 5’0″
    • 45 – 45’0″ x 15’0″ x 5’0″

Canadian Builders (Selected)

Atkinson

  • Models: 24, 43
  • Specs:
    • 24 – 24’0″ x 8’6″ x 2’2″
    • 43 – 43’0″ x 15’0″ x 4’6″

Cape Island Boats (Custom)

  • Builder: Andy McGeoch & Cape Island Boats (since 1985)

Daniels Head Boatbuilders

  • Production: 153+ hulls since 2005
  • Recent Hulls:
    • #149 – 35’0″ x 18’0″
    • #151 – 40’0″ x 16’6″
    • #152 – 34’11” x 15’7″
    • #153 – 39’3″ x 15’4″

Dixon Marine

  • Models: 42, 45, 50, Custom
  • Notes: Length/beam mods available; hulls & tops
  • Specs:
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 15’4″ x 4’5″ (original Osmond Beal design; owned by Dixon since 1993)
    • 45 – 45’0″ x 16’8″ (semi-planing hull)
    • 50 – 50’0″ x 21’0″ (traditional full displacement)

Magna Marine

  • Models: 35, 40, 44, 45
  • Specs:
    • 35 – 35’0″ x 13’9″ x 3’0″
    • 40 – 40’0″ x 12’0″ x 3’6″
    • 44 – 44’0″ x 14’6″ x 4’0″
    • 45 – 45’0″

Wedgeport

  • Experience: 60+ years of boatbuilding
  • Common hull sizes & beams:
    • 34 – 34’11” x 14’6″
    • 34 – 34’11” x 15’0″
    • 37 – 37’0″ x 15’0″
    • 39 – 39’11” x 16’0″
    • 39 – 39’11” x 17’6″
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 15’0″
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 16’0″
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 17’6″
    • 43 – 43’6″ x 16’6″
    • 43 – 43’6″ x 18’0″
    • 44 – 44’11” x 16’0″
    • 44 – 44’11” x 17’6″
    • 44 – 44’11” x 18’6″
    • 44 – 44’11” x 19’6″
    • 44 – 44’11” x 20’2″–20’3″
    • 49 – 49’11” x 20’2″–20’3″

Bay of Fundy Boatbuilders

  • Model: 26
  • Specs: 26’0″ x 9.5’0″ x 9″

 

Wooden Boat Builders (Selected)

J.O. Brown & Sons (North Haven)

Bunker & Ellis

  • Designers/Founders: Ralph Ellis & Raymond Bunker
  • Hull Type: Semi-displacement
  • Models: 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40
  • Specs:
    • 20 – 20’2″ x 7’6″ x 11″ (Designed by Ralph Ellis)
    • 24 – 24’4″ x 8’6″ x 2’4″ (Designed by Ralph Ellis)
    • 28 – 28’4″ x 9’4″ x 3’0″ (Designed by Ralph Ellis)
    • 32 – 32’1″ x 11’9″ x 3’9″
    • 36 – 40’5″ x 13’2″ x 3’10”
    • 40 – 44’5″ x 13’2″ x 4’3″ (Designed by Don Ellis)

Herbert Baum

  • Models: 36, 37, 44
  • Specs:
    • 36 – 36’0″ x 10’4″ x 3’10”
    • 37 – 37’0″
    • 44 – 44’0″

Carroll Lowell

  • Models: 40, 41, 43
  • Specs:
    • 40 – 40’0″ x 14’0″ x 4’0″
    • 41 – 41’0″ x 13’3″ x 4’5″
    • 43 – 43’0″

Darryl Lamb

  • Type: Custom builds

Herbert Rich

  • Model: 36 (Wooden)
  • Specs: 36’0″ x 10’9″ x 3’7″

Robert Rich

  • Models: 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 42
  • Specs:
    • 31 – 30’9″ x 9’6″ x 2’10”
    • 32 – 32’0″ x 10’0″ x 3’0″
    • 34 – 34’0″ x 13’0″ x 3’6″
    • 36 – 36’0″ x 12’0″ x 4’0″
    • 42 – 45’0″ x 13’8″ x 4’6″

Joel White Boats

  • Founder: Joel White (Brooklin Boat Yard, 1960; Brooklin, ME)
  • Models: 34, 50
  • Specs:
    • 34 – 34’0″ x 10’6″ x 3’6″
    • 50 – 50’0″ x 15’0″ x 5’6″

Kenneth L. Smith

  • Models: 43, Custom
  • Specs: 43’0″ x 13’6″ x 3’10”

Phil Bolger

  • Model: 18
  • Specs: 18’0″ x 7’0″

Gus Skoog

  • Production: ~110 boats out of Vinalhaven, ME
  • Model: 32
  • Specs: 32’0″ x 10’0″ x 3’0″

Chesapeake Deadrise

Also referred to as Downeast boats in the Chesapeake bay region

  • Design Era: Developed c. 1880
  • Sizes: 42, 46, 48
  • Specs:
    • 42 – 42’0″ x 14’0″ x 4’0″
    • 46 – 46’0″ x 13’5″
    • 48 – 48’0″ x 17’0″ x 4’0″
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