{"id":11052,"date":"2018-02-27T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=11052"},"modified":"2018-02-27T14:42:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T19:42:06","slug":"sw-boatworks-a-full-stable-of-beals-island-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/sw-boatworks-a-full-stable-of-beals-island-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"SW Boatworks: A full stable of Beals Island designs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Brian Robbins<\/b><\/p>\n

LAMOINE, ME \u2013 The year was 2008.<\/p>\n

The economy was soft.<\/p>\n

Lobster prices were down.<\/p>\n

It seemed that the last thing anybody<\/i> was thinking about was having a new boat built.<\/p>\n

So what did Stewart Workman, owner of SW Boatworks (who up to that point had been a custom finisher of other shops\u2019 hulls) decide was the best thing to do?<\/p>\n

He bought a set of hull molds from well-known designer\/builder Calvin Beal Jr.<\/p>\n

And within a year or so, he also purchased the Ernest Libby Jr.-designed Young Brothers molds, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the obvious question is: \u2018Why?\u2019\u201d I say to Stewart as we sit in his office at SW Boatworks in Lamoine, Maine.\u00a0 \u201cHow did you dare to do that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, my wife Alice and I talked about it,\u201d says Stewart.\u00a0 \u201cThe economy had gone to hell in a handbasket and boat building had gone with it.\u00a0 But it was going to come back \u2026 and we figured if I didn\u2019t have my own line of boats to sell, I was going to be out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, but \u2026\u201d I hesitate.\u00a0 \u201cWeren\u2019t you scared?\u201d…<\/p>\n

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By Brian Robbins LAMOINE, ME \u2013 The year was 2008. The economy was soft. Lobster prices were down. It seemed that the last thing anybody was thinking about was having a new boat built. So what did Stewart Workman, owner of SW Boatworks (who up to that point had been a custom finisher of other … <\/p>\n

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