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Front Street Shipyard is a custom boat builder, boat yard, marina, and service yard in 
Front Street Shipyard is situated on a six-acre property with 1,500 feet of waterfront. The yard has 72,555 square feet of space for
Belfast, Maine
Belfast is a city in Waldo County, Maine, Waldo County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city population was 6,938. Located at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River estuary on Belfast Bay (Main ...
, USA. The yard is located along the waterfront in Penobscot Bay
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. The business was established in 2011. One year later, the ownership group also purchased the neighboring business, Belfast Boat Yard. In 2014, Front Street Shipyard began leasing a building in Bucksport, Maine, where production boats are built.
Front Street Shipyard is situated on a six-acre property with 1,500 feet of waterfront. The yard has 72,555 square feet of space for yacht
A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a , as opposed to a , such a pleasu ...
storage and 10,320 square feet of shop space for boat building
Boat building is the design and construction of boats and their systems. This includes at a minimum a hull, with propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other systems as a craft requires.
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and yacht refit
Refitting or refit of boats and marine vessels includes repairing, fixing, restoring, renewing, mending, and renovating an old vessel. Refitting has become one of the most important activities inside a shipyard. It offers a variety of services for ...
s. The buildings on site are long enough and tall enough to accommodate yacht
A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a , as opposed to a , such a pleasu ...
s up to 155 feet long. There are seven acres of off-site storage space, as well as a production boat building
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facility in the neighboring town of Bucksport. The yard has a yacht lifting capacity of 485 tons, making it capable of lifting superyachts.
Front Street Shipyard specializes in boat building and yacht refits. Notable superyacht refits at Front Street Shipyard include:
* ASHA, a 90-foot Palmer Johnson motoryacht, in 2015.
* ASOLARE, a 154-foot cold-molded wooden ketch, in 2014.
* MARAE, a 108-foot pilothouse sloop, in 2014.
* ATLANTIDE, a 122-foot historic steel motoryacht, in 2012-13.
* STONEFACE, a 106-foot aluminum Burger motoryacht, in 2011-12.
Front Street Shipyard works with yacht designers to develop concept yacht designs for new construction. The designs available for construction at Front Street Shipyard include:
* 84-foot and 102-foot modern sloops designed by Bill Tripp.
* 118-foot and 130-foot sloops designed by Sparkman & Stephens.Byrne, Diane. "Front Street 118 and 130, Designed by Sparkman & Stephens." Megayacht News. September 30, 2011. http://megayachtnews.com/2011/09/front-street-shipyard-118-130-sparkman-stephens/
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