BAR HARBOR, ME — We’re all very happy to see this Sunbeam update yesterday from Front Street Shipyard, where the Mission’s boat is having a routine major refit.
Front Street posted this photo with this explanation:
A big day for SUNBEAM: we’ve got the first coat of primer on after completing months of sandblasting.
BELFAST, ME — This photo, taken February 2020 by Mission Communications Associate Hunter Billings, shows Sunbeam Captain Mike Johnson examining new insulation cut-and-fitted as part of the Sunbeam routine major refit at Front Street Shipyard, Belfast, ME.
Capt. Mike said the insulation will make a big difference in crew and visitor comfort aboard the boat on cold days and nights.
Learn more about the Sunbeam crew’s work.
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.
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.
Learn more about the 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.