Summer In Maine On Hook
| “CHAZ 1” was the last boat
built by the renowned boat builder Norman Hodgdon of East Boothbay, Maine.
Indeed we understand CHAZ 1 to have been finished after Mr. Hodgdon passed
on prematurely in 1966 at the young age of 55. It was then Mr. Hodgdon’s
wife, along with two of his faithful long-time employees, oversaw the completion
of two of his designs, CHAZ 1 being one of them. CHAZ 1 was lovingly constructed
with mahogany planking on oak frames; she has a built down keel with skeg-hung
rudder. Heavy bronze hardware is used throughout including bow chocks,
cleats, and a Navy type manual bilge pump. Her Volvo-Penta 4-cylinder gasoline
engine (new 1989 with an analog tachometer, oil, temperature. & voltmeter
readouts and Morse dual-controls) connects to a stainless shaft that turns
a three bladed bronze propeller. She also has a Monel 40-gallon fuel tank
aft and is normally aspirated though engine clamshell in/out vents port
and starboard. |
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