A full week of perfect spring weather and the most conscientious crew in Maine!

The India Marie and the Gath IV were transformed this week "like butterflies coming out of their winter cocoons". Eric, Dennis, Captain Whit, and I worked every day shining up both boats. Little Dennis went through all of "Indi's" mechanical systems with a fine tooth comb. On Wednesday, we had this whole crew plus Frank and Jeanette, and even little McCarey jumping into the frey. Wayne Guyette took time off from the hectic pace at his new fire protection company in Keene to cross the entire state of New Hampshire to perform our annual fire suppression system inspection. No other boats in New England could possible have such dedicated folks that take so much initiative to pull it all together. Little Dennis's wife Sara presented us with new American flags and I picked up our new lettering from Gary@ "Burpee Signs" to put the finishing touches on our proud little vessels.


Captain Whit, Eric and Ms. Jeanette are shown in this picture finishing up the new fishing spot Kieth designed on Gath's port house. I'm not even going to show a picture of the boats yet, you'll have to come to Indi launch to have a peek. We will be launching this week... feel free to give me a call on my new boat cell 207 475-4676 for the specific day and tide. Best Satch

April Vacation...

A big week ahead. Launch day is fast approaching. With a week off from school, Captain Whit, Eric, Little Dennis, Keith, Jeanette, Frank and I will all be on hand every day this week working to insure Gath is ready for her annual Coast guard inspection. We had another week of steady progress. I worked till 8 pm Friday helping Keith design and make modifications to Gath's house to add an additional fishing spot on her port side. Keith polished of a jig saw and at least five blades cutting through the thick fiberglass panel. The change not only gives our guests a lot more fishing room, but also adds to the overall sleekness of "Aggies" lines. We also engineered her aluminum safety rail modifications and dropped off the drawings for our welder Paul Wallace to perform his magic. These modifications and her new Stealth green hull make her look like a new Southwest harbor coastal cruiser. Most major projects on the "India Marie" are complete, Little Dennis and Keith will be double checking all her mechanical systems this week. Checking through hulls, replacing hose clamps, cleaning and checking terminals on starter, alternator and bilge pumps.In my capacity as Captain I'll be rebuilding the head facilities.

Our old 1st mate Kelly and her husband Chris were up from Pa. this week to celebrate their 1st wedding anniversary.They stopped by the house this morning as Captain Whit, Jeanette and I were finishing up our annual federal fishing permit paperwork. They had a great day fishing aboard the "Bunny Clark" with Captain Tim yesterday, reporting some of the best spring fishing in years.



Here's nice pic of Captain Whit and Keith in the brisk 17 degree morning air aboard the new Gath IV. The weather forecast is for a favorable week to finish our paint work and were still hoping to start our fishing season a week earlier than originally scheduled. If your around the harbor this week your welcome to lend a hand putting it all together. Best Satch

Closing in on Launch Day!

The warm spring weather continues and presents us with a great opportunity to get the paint work completed ahead of schedule. Gloria and I traveled to Conn. on Thursday to attend my mom sister's "Aunt Flora's" 95th birthday party celebration. I sure was born into a wonderful family, a real special time was had by all as we shared memories with our cousins who attended from all parts of the country. Other than that my full effort has been spent at Scott's yard preparing and painting Gath and India. With Jeanette, Franks, Dennis and Whits help things are shaping up quite nicely. I expect we'll get even closer to our goals in the the next three days as the weather is predicted to be perfect for painting at least until Friday. Come on down and say hi, so far were seen Chris and Terry Lamb, Gary Coffie, and Pete Sage.

In other news,Gloria has decided to sell her 2007 "Honda civic hybrid". It's in super condition with a 120k mile Honda warranty. We inherited my mom's car that's paid for, and we have no need of both. So it's going to be a very good deal for someone. Please give me a call if you know of anyone whose looking for a real nice small car.




"Gath and India" are shown in the background in Emcee Spose's new video album "I'm Awesome". Filmed in Wells Me.. http://vimeo.com/10820195 I believe it's on the top of the Rapp charts, so it's pretty cool for the younger crowd. The boats are at 3:17 seconds on the album. Beware it has some inappropriate language for kids.

The crew and I will be working on the boats through the weekend so feel free to stop down, check our progress and say hi. Best Satch

Happy Easter! Wishing your families a very happy and holy Easter morning. Easter is favorite holiday, bringing arrival of spring and the hope for new growth in the coming year.

We've made good progress on the boats this week, Jeanette and I clucked along on the office work, Frank painted the white work in Indi's cabin house and I prepared the topsides on both India and Gath for the new season's paint job. Captain Whit has chosen a relatively new shade of green.. Stealth green, hopefully Whit and I we'll be applying the first coat later this afternoon.We've sure been blessed with the best outside painting weather in many years. Folk's are chopping at the bit to go fishing, and I'm starting to feel the pressure trying to get everything ready for launch. There's always so much to do with federal and state permits, CG inspections, harbor problems including new concerns of shifting sand bars, etc. It's so relaxing to spend a nice New England spring day just preparing and painting the boats, something I really enjoy, look forward to and another reason I love this business so much.

On a personal note..McCarey wound up his 2010 youth wrestling season yesterday at the Portland Civic center. He was the runner-up, in the New England Championship match taking 2nd place overall. Sixty eight teams came from throughout New England. He gave it his all, competing in the 70 pound, 5th and 6th grade class and did very well. He fought a boy from Connecticut in overtime rounds for the 2nd week in a row to make it to the championship match. Last week, he and Leo Abadee (Me), wrestled four addition overtimes..7 rounds..to establish the 3rd and 4th placement in the Maine State championships. It was a super match which went a long way to help promote the sport of wrestling. McCarey is really exciting to watch, I don't think it's just because I'm his grandpa that so many fans , move in to watch and cheer him on. McCarey has fine coaching staff, Shane Richard and his assistant Jared, inspire discipline, hard work, leadership and promote real sportsmanship. He's really grown the most in these aspects of sport and will take these traits with him for a lifetime.We'll now it's on to baseball, he was chosen by coach Ed Ballou to be on the No. Berwick Red's squad our towns longest running little league team. Ed's the "ol man" around the league, has been coaching for over thirty years. I believe one of our town fields has been named in his honor. Anyway practice starts this Wedsday evening, lets hope McCarey can help him steal enough bases to win to make the championship game! Best Satch