Concordia Projects
CURRENT PROJECTS
Bonnie Blue
Bonnie Blue is a 1984 Cobalt CS23 family owned since 1986.
Customer brought Bonnie Blue to Concordia in the Fall of 2007 to restore her to new condition, and make changes consistent with the way the boat was being used - as a family fishing cruiser.
The scope of the job included Awl-Grip exterior, rebuilding the deck and its structure, painting the interior, building and upholstering bolsters, new cabin cushions, building a new engine box and aft seating, adding a bimini, rewiring the entire boat, and adding new seats forward including a helm seat with live well.
REPOWERS
Galatea
Alec White has owned his Alerion 28 for 10 years. He and his father bought consecutively built boats #'s 68 & 69.
Alec is a great customer.
He cares about top notch service and he is thoughtful about how to improve his boat.
Every year he does one or two things to increase the safety of his boat as he is often sailing singlehanded.
In the summer of 2007, Alec found himself going into tall waves and his original Yanmar 1GM10 (9HP) was barely helping him make any headway.
He decided that it would be in his best interest to get more power.
Puffin: Repower
Puffin had her original Universal 11HP motor. The new owners had used the Universal for a couple of seasons and they didn't have a lot of confidence in it. Knowing they were going to keep their boat for a while, they decided to repower. We installed a new Yanmar 2YM15 in the Winter of 2007. The installation was a bit tricky. The steep shaft angle required tall beds and the motor to be tight in the shallow bilge under the cockpit. The new powerplant has increased the owner's cruising range and given them more confidence every time out.
Summer Wind
Dana and Carole Brackett bought former Tambourine and renamed her Summer Wind.
His first order of business was to remove the gas GrayMarine and mate up with a Yanmar diesel.
He opted for the 3JH4E. The installation included all new through hulls. The finishing touch was re-using tongue and groove pine originally used in a cottage in Connecticut in the mid-sixties to build her engine box.
CONCORDIAS
Coriolis
Badly burned in the Seattle Yacht Club fire, Concordia Yawl Coriolis (#82) was shipped back to
Padanaram for restoration in August 2002.
Most serious damage was on deck and a summary of the repair project includes:
Replace teak laid deck, toe rails, cockpit seat, coamings, winch blocks, bridge deck, all hatches
and port side sheer plank (center section).
Niam
Concordia Yawl #24, Niam, was built in 1955 and has been owned by the Ryan family since new.
Working with the owner and their surveyor, Concordia developed a comprehensive plan to restore the boat "for the next 50 years."
Major elements of the project included a new wood keel, deadwood and stern post, new extended mast step and stainless steel tie-rod system, 36 pairs of frames, 32 floors and 7 planks each side.
In addition we installed a new Yanmar diesel, propeller, shaft and drip-less shaft seal.
Streamer
Streamer (#21) underwent extensive restorations at the Concordia Company and
is currently in commission in Islesboro, Maine.
In order to facilitate these restorations Rusty Aertsen (also owner of #59 Snowbird and
a Concordia 31 footer named Kestrel) and Brodie MacGregor of Concordia put together a
partnership to purchase Streamer.
In addition to Rusty and Concordia Company the partners in Streamer are Roger Burke of
Ipswich, MA, and Jim Crawford of Brookline, MA.
Weatherly
The planking is completed. She will not be faired or caulked until she has been wetted a little.
A tent will be built around her shortly and a humidifier will be run in the night to get her to swell up a little.
In the meantime, the focus has been on the tunk top canvas.
The hatches were removed, and the top stripped.
It will be getting a new Dynel and epoxy covering which will be painted with Awlgrip.
RESTORATIONS AND REPAIRS
Salamina
Salamina is a custom Alden 45 built by Paul Luke in 1984.
Until 2005 she was owned by George Denny & named Restive.
In 2006, she was sold to Craig Shelton of New Jersey.
Craig had spent years looking for a boat which was perfect for him - being incredibly strong and seaworthy as well as beautiful.
In early summer 2006, he took Salamina from Padanaram to Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
In early fall, Salamina broke her mooring in Tropical Storm Ernesto, and spent some time up against a train bridge.
Heron
Heron is Shields hull #2 and she is the oldest (#1 was destroyed in a fire).
She had been on our property for several years after the previous owner had moved away.
Concordia bought her from the previous owner and did some initial cosmetic work.
We put her picture on a flyer over in Marion and Graham Quinn of
Harding Sails found the perfect new owner.
Papadede
C. Ray Hunt designed the Hiliner hull for Jim Bertram who was looking for a fiberglass deep vee to race off shore in Florida in the late 60s.
Papadede (the Gypsy model) was purchased in 1970 by Stewart Forbes of Birchfield Farms ( S. Dartmouth , MA ) and remains the family's boat.
After considering the purchase of a new Hunt, Charlie and Sandy Forbes felt the old Hunt had as smooth a ride as the new ones.
They consulted with both Hunt and Concordia regarding the hull's condition and whether a restoration project had merit.
Given the classic lines and history of the boat, Concordia was commissioned during the winter of 2006-2007 to restore Papadede to give the family grandchildren a boat they can cross the bay on with their kids.
June Bug
June Bug is a 20 year old Beetle Cat with a new owner.
He wanted to return it to original condition.
We removed the hardware, replaced the canvas deck, and replaced 3 frames, the quarter-round molding,
and the half-round rail.
We stripped and applied 8 coats of Epifanies™ varnish to the spars and all the bright work,
including the transom.
We stripped the topsides and brought it back with Brightside™ Dark Blue.
Our customer should be thrilled when he returns from London next summer and goes for a sail on June Bug.
Bright Morning Star
Bright Morning Star is a 1990 Sabre 34 with a new owner.
At the insurance survey, it was found that the stringers were cracked.
At the recommendation of the broker, the new owner brought Bright Morning Star to Concordia in the Summer of 2006.
We removed the original sole, repaired the damaged stringers, cut and installed a new sole and varnished it.
Puffin: Paint
Puffin is a Herreshoff Cat Ketch 30 new to Concordia last winter.
She had a case of osmosis related bubbles on and around the waterline.
We have exposed the region by sandblasting, filled the holes, barrier coated, and filled and faired the repairs again.
Our painters took over and roll-and-tipped Aristo awl-grip and added a white boot stripe. She is looking great in 2006!
Puffin: Mast
Puffin, owned by Parsons and David Clark, is a Herreshoff Cat Ketch.
The freestanding main mast broke in a blow in Quick's Hole in August 2006.
Previously made of mahogany with relatively short sections and short scarfs, we've built a new mast of sitka spruce using 20 foot boards.
We are currently building coats of varnish and will have the hardware reinstalled and the mast stepped so the Clarks can enjoy September & October sailing in Buzzards Bay.
Shaula
Shaula was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built in 1965 by Wilfred Souter in Cowes.
She has been maintained by Concordia since 1978.
Inspection and subsequent survey in the winter 2005-2006 found the forward section of wood keel rotted and in need of replacement.
The aft section was replaced by Concordia in 1981.
We removed the ballast, cut back the hull and removed the keel, built a new keel, installed the keel, replaced the sections of cold molded planking, reinstalled the ballast and rebuilt the deadwood.
Kali B
Kali B was a project that was referred to Concordia by a boatyard in Nantucket.
She is an Ocean Master 32 which the owner uses to fish offshore.
Kali B needed a new deck, custom spray rail, hard top, and Awl-Grip job.
The old plywood core deck was rotted out.
We took it apart, and replaced the tanks beneath it.
We rebuilt the deck using Penske Board.
There were many areas in need of fiberglass repair above and below the waterline, and, in addition, we glassed in a new custom spray rail.
Finally, we repainted the entire boat.
