by maineseacoast | Mar 3, 2020 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
BELFAST, ME — Sunbeam Captain Mike Johnson spends much of his workdays at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, ME overseeing the routine major refitting of the boat. Both Mike and photographers at Front Street continue doing a good job chronicling the Sunbeam refit and the craftsman doing the work.
“This is John Stoklas,” writes Mike, who took this photo on Feb. 28th. “John is a freelance welder contracted by Front Street Shipyard to help with some of the larger welding jobs aboard the Sunbeam. This photo shows John removing an exhaust mounting bracket from the old engine room ceiling to install on the new ceiling,” explained Capt. Johnson.
Thank you, John Stoklas.
by maineseacoast | Feb 27, 2020 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
BELFAST, ME — Mission Communications Associate Hunter Billings was at Front Street Shipyard, Belfast, ME with Sunbeam Captain Mike Johnson. The two men went on a Sunbeam “walk through,” with Mike Johnson narrating current aspects of the boat’s routine major refit, while Hunter caught it all on video and digital photographs.
Their goal? To produce a third Sunbeam video update for the public, and to have on hand, up-to-date photos of Johnson and the boat. This photo shows Capt. Johnson just outside the Sunbeam pilot house. The Sunbeam itself is shown in various stages of refitting: places covered in plastic sheets, clear plastic fresh air tubes attached to the boat, scaffolding erected, wooden sawhorses and work tables are scattered on the deck.
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by maineseacoast | Feb 10, 2020 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
BELFAST, ME — Thank you again, Front Street Shipyard, for these photos of the Sunbeam refit. The top photo, posted Feb. 4, shows a craftsman “prepping to reinstall the soft patch” in the boat.
The second photo, posted Feb. 5, shows “sandblasting the forward main deck” on the Sunbeam. Amazing work.
by maineseacoast | Feb 6, 2020 | Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
BELFAST, ME — “The new Northern Lights Generators were hoisted into the Sunbeam engine room on Wednesday, February 5. These will be a big improvement over the removed units. They are more fuel efficient and have an insulated sound enclosure (not installed yet) that will considerably reduce the noise in the Sunbeam living area,” said Captain Mike Johnson who sent these new refit photo updates.
“Engine noise on a boat has a significant impact on the crew especially in cases where the generators need to run at night,” said Capt. Johnson.
by maineseacoast | Jan 29, 2020 | Island Health, Island Outreach, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Sunbeam
BELFAST, ME — Front Street Shipyard, where Sunbeam V is having its routine major refit, posts this photo on January 28 of a craftsman building new doors for Sunbeam cabins.
