Jonesport Shipyard sold to president of Maine Lobster Boat Races Penobscot Marine Museum Board president
An established boatyard is in new but experienced hands after the Jonesport Shipyard changed hands mid-November. Jon Johansen is known up and down the coast as president of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, but he also publishes the monthly newspaper Maine Coastal News and is president of Maine Built Boats, Penobscot Marine Museum Board president and director of the International Maritime Library. The man knows his boats, so why not buy a boatyard? But the response to his decision, Johansen shared, was, “Are you crazy?” Johansen was concerned about losing working waterfront, he said. Recently, he’d learned of Osmond Beal’s boat shop on Beals Island being sold to a Florida resident — who closed it off with a locked gate. Johansen said he didn’t want to see the Jonesport Shipyard, fronting Moosabec Reach and on the market, also lost. more, >>click to read<< 19:33
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