Well, what an interesting few weeks. Most of us were out sick with various stuff but are slowly getting back into the routine, just in time for the Holidays

Applying bottom paint and new Duke Blue paint to the topsides of a 1934 Electri-Craft

18ft Lyman Islander, New deck beams, inwales, rub rails and now dry fitting the mahogany marine plywood decks

Installing the deck hardware and mahogany trim on a Dutch made Celebrity class sailboat.  Note the new Dynel deck covering. That stuff makes a nice non-skid deck.

The final fairing of the bottom on the 1957 Continental. The next step is a special primer coat. 

Rebuilding the motor well for the Flats Flyer, Also rebuilding the structure for new deck hatches. 

Also many other projects moving along like the Resorter, Riviera, an several other electric boats. 

1934 15ft Electric 
New boat in the shop a 1934 15' Electric. Jack has removed the exterior hardware, rudder, prop, stuffing box, steering linkage, interior seats and floor pannels. He has stripped the deck and removed the old deck caulk lines. The crew rolled the boat over and washed the exterior. Jack also has sanded all of the paint off the bottom and preppes the sides for new paint. He is not applying a coat of primer on the bottom. 

58 Continental 
Jack has contined to sand the whole boat and fill holes. 

Lyman Islander 
Jack has stained and applied a coat of varnish. 

57 Continental
Shane and Gary have applied a layer of fiberglass on the portside bottom. 

1995 Budsin 
Shane has continued on this project and has scraped the coaming. ​

CC Rivierea
Shane has put the upholstery on the dash and two side panels. 

Whirlwind
Jack has modified and mounted the outer transom steel engine mount plate. ​

Lyman Islander
Jack made a cutaway in the forward deck frames in order to fit and install the new king plank. He has also stripped and repaired the inner gunnel face wood. He will stain and varnish those in preparation for cutting and fitting the new deck.

Celebrity
Shane has finished the deck trim and next he will work on the toe rails. 

1995 Budsin Lightning Bug
Shane has stripped and sanded the deck and transom. Next he plans to repair the broken deck plank. 

57 Continental 
Shane laid fiberglass on the keel and the chine. He has fared out the fiberglass and laid some of the fairing epoxy to prep for full sheets of fiberglass. ​

THIS JUST IN!
Gary's Marine Painting and Varnishing Class in Amesbury has some openings!
Saturday November 4   -   Sunday November 5, 2023
Lowell's Boat Shop - Amesbury, MA
call (978) 834-0050 or email:  info@lowellsboatshop.com to register.

Lyman Islander
Jack has milled a king plank and reinforced + adjusted the exsiting deck beams.

CC Riviera
Shane has been putting the deck and interior hardware on and getting ready to install the engine. ​

Celebrity 
Gary and Shane started installing the coaming in the celebrity + all of the deck trim. ​

57 Continental
Shane has prepped to lay the fiberglass on the bottom. 

Carolina Flats Skiff
Gary has begun remaking the internal structure of the hatch supports and prepping for a new deck. ​

1934 15ft Electric 
NEW boat alert! This just in the shop - a 1934 15ft electric. Stay tuned to watch its restoration & refinishing!
​+ more new boats in the shop to be announced soon! ​

Carolina Flats Skiff
Gary is currently rebuilding the subdeck structure in preparation for the plywood top deck. He has also removed the stern motor well that was rotted for replacement. ​

U-18
Shane has installed through holes, rutter post, stern linkage and applied more varnish to the U-18.

57 Continental 
Shane has removed the fiberglass coating in preparation for plank repair & rot examination. He has also shaped and steam bent a new transom board to replace the lower transom plank that was rotted. ​

Hackercraft
Jack has reinstalled the rebuilt carburetor, new alternator hooked up the fuel system, and installed the exhaust. Next they will test running the engine. ​

Lyman Islander
The crew has continued to remove all the rotten wood on the boat & has begun replacing some of the rotten frames and wood.

CC Riviera
Shane has applied the final coat of varnish on the Riviera. We recived it's chrome from the owner which will soon be installed! 

Whirlwind
Gary has repaired some of the damage to the transom and installed new stainless steel motor mount brakets. 

Carolina Flats Skiff
The final coat of bottom paint is applies and the boat has been fliped! Check out it flipping on our facebook! 
​www.facebook.com/lowellboatsinc

57 Continental 
Shane has got the interior of the 57 removes including the engine and dash board for rebuilding. The hull and deck have been stripped and it got rolled over! Check it out on our Facebook.
www.facebook.com/lowellboatsinc​

CC Riviera
The Varnish has been completed on the Riviera. Next the crew will install the white caulk lines on the deck. Soon the engine and chrome deck hardware will be ready to be installed. ​

U18
More and more varnish done on the U18. The ceilling boards are being varnished now. Lookin good! 

Celebrity 
Deck has been completed with all an new sub deck. The coamings are being varnished along with the mahogany trim to soon be installed. 

Carolina Flats Skiff
Gary has installed the skegs and applied a sealer coat & varnish on the mahogany transom. The first coat of paint on the bottom is on and will get one to two more. 

Hackercraft
Jack is installing an engine flush value on the hackercraft. ​

57 Continental
Shane has stripped the varnish off the deck and started stripping the sides. He is now preparing to remove the engine to toll the boat so he can repair the bottom. ​

The man. the myth, the legend. That's right, Gary Lowell is back in town! We missed him while he was away but loved getting to hear all the fun he had visiting family, teaching classes & working on boats up in Maine. While Gary settles down please continue to email Lowellboatsoffice@gmail.com to our office manager Destini with any questions, comments, billing & invoicing concerts, & or to schedule a shop visit. ​

Carolina Flats Skiff
Well look who's working on this boat! The new mahogany transom has been installed and was sanded, stained & a sealer coat of varnish has been applied. He also primed the bottom of the boat along with the skegs. it looks great. Gary is working on the water line and installing new skegs to help the steering. ​

58 Continental
Jack has reinstalled the starboard side panels and outer chine planks with 5200 marine adhesive. He has also installed the new transom planks & made additional repairs on the port side, side planks. He has filled holes in backing battens in preparation for reinstalling the side planks on the port side.  ​

Whirlwind
Recognize this boat? That's because we flipped it. The crew flipped the Whirlwind over yesterday and even got a fun time lapse of it. Check out our facebook to see it flip. After, Shane started prepping the wooden sides by sanding it for varnish. ​

Celebrity 
Shane has applied another coat of top side paint onto the deck and has been building varnish on the miscellaneous wooden parts. ​

57 Continental 
Shane has removed all the floor panels, ceiling boards, seats, deck hardware, windshield, fuel tank, and the damaged transom plank to further investigate & determine replacements needed. He also ran a leak test. ​

Hackercraft
Check out the hackercrafts nice engine compartment. more to come on this boat! ​

Carolina Flats Skiff
Meghan has finished sanding the bottom paint off in preparation for installing new wooden skegs & repainting. She & Jack have also removed the transom hardware & sanded the transom inorder to prep for laminating the new transom veneers. Jack milled wood for new transom veneers & has installed half of it. Today they are working on finishing the laminating new wood over the transom. ​

U-18
The U-18 is looking glossy & new after Shane has applied multiple coats of varnish. Do you know how many coats of varnish it takes to build on a boat? About 6 to 7 coats on each boat. Lookin 'good Shane! ​

CC Riviera 
​The Riviera is in our finishing room getting its final coat of varnish from Shane. Look at that shine. ​

58 Continental 
Jack has milled all the wood for the transom planks & side planks that need to be replaced due to rot. He is now working on shaping and fitting the transom planks. Shown below you can see where Jack has dry fitted the side planks that are being reinstalled & not replaced. ​

Celebrity 
Meghan is continuing to build varnish on the various wooden pieces including the rub rails and toe rails. 

Lyman Islander
Shane has been continuing the exploration of this boat by removing the forward deck to investigate & address the rot. Never a fun thing to find but nothing our crew cannot handle! ​

U18
Shane has stained & applied a sealer coat of varnish on the deck & transom of the U18. He has also started prepping the ceiling board panels for varnish. The U18 is lookin good, Thanks Shane! 

​CC Riviera
Shane has been working on some touch ups to the Riviera, getting it ready for its engine to go back in! ​

​56 Continental 
Jack and Shane tested the engine today on the 56! That new trailer is looking good. 

​58 Continental 
Jack has applied the starboard side to the 58 and now the bottom planking is completed. What a difference from start to now - see it for yourself below!

​Celebrity 
The crew has completed applying the dyel to both sides of the Celebrity. Meghan has been working on sanding & refinishing wooden pieces to the boat. ​