June 10, 2024
A boatbuilder finally gets his own; Maine Lobster Boat racing lineup
Stewart Workman, SW Boatworks owner, finally has a boat built at his boatyard — not someone else’s boatyard. It’s the Alice Francis, a Calvin 36 lobster boat with a 450-hp Cummins QSL9. Workman says it’s outfitted as “just a basic lobster boat.” SW Boatwo
At the end of May, Stewart Workman of SW Boatworks, the builder of Calvin Beal and Young Brothers boats in Lamoine, Maine, said he would shortly be doing something he’s “been waiting 40 years for” - launching one of his own boats for himself. Workman has owned other boats before, “but not one of mine.”
Scheduled to go into the water on June 3 was the Alice Frances, a 36’ x 13’ 9” Calvin that’s named for his wife. The spelling “Frances,” Workman notes, is the “female version of Francis.” The new…
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Michael Crowley is the former Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
