Maine builder is plugged with work; boatshop favors fast lobster boats

摘要

Joe Sargent will tell you his boatshop in Milbridge, Maine, could build a Tot more boats except for one thing. "We just can't get the manpower. We could do a lot more but are having to turn stuff away."As it is, Sargent's Custom Boats is booked for the next two years. At the end of May, several boats were due to be laid up, including two 38-foot South Shore hulls that will be lengthened to 42 feet. Both are kit boats, with one going to Monhegan Islandand the other to Eaton's Boatshop & Fiberglassing in Deer Isle, Maine, to be finished off.