![]() In the late 1990s, Hinckley opened a manufacturing facility in Trenton where most of its boats are built. An early developer of the fiberglass hull, Hinckley’s present yacht line includes its iconic jet boats, and sailing vessels, including the new Bermuda 50. The company has around 700 employees, including 380 in Maine. Founded in 1928, also in Southwest Harbor, Hinckley has expanded since then to include service facilities all along the U.S. Morris Yachts, founded in 1972 by Tom Morris in Southwest Harbor, has built more than 300 sailboats. Both companies build fine luxury yachts within a quarter mile of each other in Trenton, Maine. Hinckley plans to continue Morris’ boatbuilding and service operations under the name of Morris Yachts, LLC. Desert Island-area sailboat builder on January 1. The Hinckley Company announced that it had bought Morris Yachts, closing the deal to acquire the assets of the Mt. The year 2016 in Maine began with big news for boatbuilders. ![]() We have been told that the ship’s radar profile will look no bigger than the fishing boat whose captain she rescued. The inverse bow juts forward to slice through the waves and sharp angles are said to deflect enemy radar signals. The ship looks like nothing ever built in Maine. The Zumwalt, the first of three ships in its class, will cost at least $4.4 billion. ![]() All of that innovation has led to a growing price tag. While the Zumwalt does not have that ability, it does have electric propulsion, new radar and sonar, powerful missiles and guns, and a stealthy design to reduce its radar signature. Too bad neither the Coast Guard nor the Zumwalt had access to that Kirk and his tools because then they might have been able to “beam up” the ailing fisherman. James Kirk, and he was chosen for his qualifications as a leader-not because he has the same name as the captain of the fictional Star Trek starship Enterprise. So a crew and a small boat from the Zumwalt, which was in the area doing sea trials, transferred the man to the destroyer and he was airlifted from there.īath Iron Works planned to test the ship’s performance and make tweaks this year with the goal of delivering the ship to the Navy sometime next year. The crew of a Coast Guard helicopter on the scene thought it was too dangerous to hoist the fisherman out of his boat due to the configuration of its deck. The Zumwalt and its crew responded to a call for help from a fishing crew whose captain was experiencing chest pains about 40 miles offshore. ![]() And the 600-foot, 15,000-ton ship’s very first mission was an unexpected one. Navy headed out to sea for the first time last December, departing from shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and carefully navigating the winding Kennebec River before reaching the open ocean for sea trials. The largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. ![]()
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