Safe Harbor Front Street

Belfast, Maine, service yard and marina providing refits, repairs, dockage and storage for yachts up to 200 feet.

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Extreme spring tide.

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Both lifts are working overtime this month.

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Replacing some plating on this fuel barge.

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Detailing NIGHT WATCH on the eve of her launch.

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Maine Maritime Academy's BOWDOIN is back for her annual maintenance.

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This baby seal has claimed a cozy seaweed bed for a nap while mom is out fishing. Boatyard daycare?

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Memorial Day weekend: the unofficial launch of Maine's boating season. Our docks are already full.

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The RAY O'NEAL is coming out for steel repairs as the ATLANTICAT launches to start her season.

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Shiny new hull and deck paint on this Ellis 36.

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Last-minute rubrail repairs before this whale watch boat goes in the water.

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This water tank originally had only one skin and leaked. Now we're glassing the inside of it with epoxy.

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Two outboards mounted, and two to go.

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Welding a new plinth that we fabricated onto a whale watch ferry.

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We're reassembling this Westerbeke after a rebuild for a Hinckley Pilot 35.

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Preparing to lift the hardtop and put it back on the 70-foot NIGHTWATCH.

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Loading the waterjet machine table for the next big cut.

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We're swapping out an engine on an Eastbay—out through the aft window.

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Re-bedding all the deck hardware after full deck paint requires close attention to the smallest details.

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Fresh paint is cured and looking good, so it's time to remount the engines.

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Our "small" lift (150MT!) is getting new new cables so it's ready for a busy spring.