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<\/b>by Brian Robbins<\/b><\/p>\n
Welcome to another CFN Shakedown Cruise.<\/i><\/p>\n
Periodically, we will focus on a new launch and dig a little deeper into what went into the project \u2013 whether it be a new model or a hull well known to the New England commercial market.\u00a0 What we hope to do is provide insight and information our readers can apply to their own setups \u2026 and, as always, offer up a little entertainment along the way. \u00a0<\/i>\u2014Editor<\/p>\n
BEALS ISLAND, ME \u2013 It was one of those moments.<\/p>\n
You know that mixture of pride and head shaking a father might display when his son steals the basketball, drives down the court, and slam dunks one in total hotdog style?<\/p>\n
Well, it was sort of like that, only the roles were reversed.<\/p>\n
I was aboard the 42\u2019 Vondell Lea, the most recent Calvin Beal model owned by Calvin S. Beal, the son of the well-known designer\/builder Calvin Beal Jr.<\/p>\n
I know, I know: that\u2019s a lot of Calvins in one sentence.\u00a0 The quick explanation is, Calvin Jr. (the father) and Calvin S. (the son) have different middle names.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always known Calvin Jr. as \u201cCalvin\u201d and Calvin S. as \u201cBubba\u201d; for purposes of this story, how about we refer to them as Calvin and young Calvin?<\/p>\n
Anyway, since his first new boat of his own back in the 90s (a Mitchell Cove 32), young Calvin has owned and fished a string of hulls designed by his father.\u00a0 This most recent Vondell Lea makes the second Calvin 42 he\u2019s owned: he finished, fished, and sold one last year; this one is already sold once lobstering tapers off by year\u2019s end; and he has another 42 in the shop, waiting to be finished over the winter.<\/p>\n
We were up in the head of Alley\u2019s Bay over on Beals Island, easing along out into Moosabec Reach.\u00a0 On our starboard quarter was the brand-new 36\u2019 Jeannine Marie \u2013 Calvin Jr.\u2019s latest finish project for himself.<\/p>\n
The plan was to get a little ways out ahead of the Jeannine Marie and shoot him as he crept up by us, with the sun at my back.\u00a0 But when young Calvin started to throttle up, I gestured to Calvin Jr. to do the same \u2026 and he just plain dumped the throttle.<\/p>\n
The Jeannine Marie\u2019s 500-horse QSC8.3 Cummins didn\u2019t bat an eye; there was no thinking about it at all \u2013 the 36-footer just took off without a whole lot of fuss, lifting all over without any bow-high moments, and blistering out ahead of us.<\/p>\n
Young Calvin\u2019s 42 (also powered by a QSC8.3) is no slouch, but his father had gotten the jump on us and we …<\/p>\n
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