Builder: SW Boatworks, Lamoine, ME
Finisher: David Schlaefer, Bernard, ME
w/ John Thurston and Lance Closson
Owner: Lewis Bishop, Bass Harbor, ME
Dimensions: 40’x13’6″x3’10”
Designer: Ernest Libby Jr., Beals Island, ME
Fishery: Lobster
Hull: Solid fiberglass
Top: Custom top by David Schlaefer; fiberglass w/foam core
Power: QSL9 Cummins (405 hp @2100 rpm)
w/2:1 ZF 305A marine gear; Kennedy Marine Engineering
Speed: 21 knots (WOT)
Shaft: 2″ AQ-22; R.E. Thomas Marine Hardware
Driveline Hardware: R.E. Thomas Marine Hardware
Hauler & Steering: Marine Hydraulic Engineering Co. Inc.
Fuel Capacity: 360 gallons (dual tanks)
Comments: Lobsterman Lewis Bishop has owned a number of boats in his career, but he said he’s been waiting to own a Young Brothers 40 “since I was in grammar school. I remember drawing pictures of these when I was a kid.” Finisher David Schlaefer gave Bishop’s Provider II the vintage look he was after, including her mitered-cornered five-window windshield.
