Lyman Morse has consistently provided superior service to customers for 30 years, ranging from small twelve and a halfs up to 100 ft performance yachts. Our foundation lies in quality boat building, so it naturally follows that major refits are right up our alley. Modern composite racers, classic wooden yachts, steel expedition cruisers...with the modern facilities and the capability to handle projects up to 150ft, your imagination is the limit. Please contact Drew Lyman to discuss your project.
November 16, 2011
We welcomed Red Sky and her crew back to Thomaston this fall. Red Sky now has the distinction of holding the record for the longest mast pulled by the LYS crew – 140 feet! The mast and the 100’ Swan are now snugged in Building 11 and Scott Layton and his team are all over the following list of projects:
Dec 2011
Skoal is back with us this winter for an interior refit. The starboard guest cabin will removed and will be replaced with a dinette.
Other work includes insulating the engine room.
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TRANSITION came to us in 2009 for a series of projects that included an overhaul of the engine room and complete repower with the installation of twin C18's at 1150HP each, as well as a new generator, batteries and watermaker. While the engine work was underway, the electrical wiring system was completely replaced and new electronic instruments were installed. We designed and fabricated a custom radar arch and below the waterline we installed new props and shafts. Last, but certainly not least, we extended the LOA by 4' with the addition of an integral swim platform at the transom and...(Read More)
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Captain Mike Hall first brought the 84' Metolius to Lyman-Morse in 2008. Metolius is a beautiful aluminum yacht with a great pedigree. Built at the famed Royal Huisman yard in Holland, she has sailed many miles including a circumnavigation and has spent time in Alaska.
Metolius spent the first winter at Lyman-Morse to address some standard maintenance, but also to tackle some large-scale projects. Over the winter of 2008-2009, the Service Yard replaced all the standing rigging, serviced the bow thruster and Hundestad prop, replaced the batteries, and took on the big job of repainting the hull and deck....(Read More)
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Our good friend Bill Seemann brought us his beautiful 1957 wooden Rhodes designed 62' NARADA after she sustained significant damage from Hurricane Katrina. When the boat arrived we were asked to make the varnish perfect and to reattach the rooftop and craft two new sweeping life rails. We also redid the interior forward guest room and added new bureaus for increased storage. These bureaus were very specific in sticking with the style of the interior and are now indistinguishable from the original interior fixtures. We also painted the topsides and the deck. The boat ended up with new shafts and...(Read More)
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FINESSE has been involved in an ongoing customization project to optimize her for offshoring racing. Working with the owners Newt Merrill and Joe Barr has been nothing short of fantastic. A couple years ago this boat had the misfortune of running into some good solid Maine granite. With the boat out of the water for a good part of the summer and the rest of the winter, it provided us an opportunity to really redo the interior while also improving the structural integrity of the hull. We removed and reattached the keel after extensive fiberglass work to reinforce around the...(Read More)
More detailsOne of the scariest things to deal with on a boat is a fire. AMELIA went through this a couple years ago and was fortunate to be on a dock so that the firefighters were able to access the boat in an timely manner. Even though they were able to put out the fire well before it spread outside the engine room, the real damage was done by all the smoke spreading throughout the cabins. The engine room was completely gutted and the majority of the cabins received extensive varnish and paint to try and remove the smoke odor. But...(Read More)
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ANNA LELAND arrived in the yard midway through the winter and it turned into a very extensive project. She was a half-completed vessel with the systems only 40% finished. We finished installation of sole boards, insulation, engine room hatches and helm station electronics and equipment and relocated the swim platform and waterline. All the cabinetry doors and lockers needed to be installed and fitted. It was great to see Anna Leland finished and in the water to enjoy the summer cruising.
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WAIANIWA was one of our most challenging refits to date. We received an urgent phone call from Chris Bouzaid and Lydia Langston about their custom Dixon designed 60' sailboat that had run aground in Casco Bay, sustaining massive damage to the structure of the yacht. Temporary patches were put on in Portland in order to allow us to tow it up to Thomaston. We pulled the boat immediately to start decommissioning and drying the boat out. WAIANIWA received significant damage to her 2¼" red cedar core that was more extensive the more we removed the outside laminates of Kevlar and...(Read More)
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