Ralph W. Stanley Boatyard for Sale: Southwest Harbor, Maine

Feb. 28, 2012 - PRLog -- Ralph W. Stanley, world-renowned classic wooden boat builder, is selling his boatyard on Southwest Harbor, Maine. Mr. Stanley, who retired in 2009, has been building boats on this property since 1951, and moved into the family home on the lot in 1959. Ralph Stanley’s name is synonymous with traditional Maine wooden boats, including working lobster boats, lobster-style family cruising boats, classic Friendship sloops and a wide variety of other wooden boats. Mr. Stanley was named a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts in 1999. He is Maine’s first and only Boatbuilder Laureate.

  The Ralph W. Stanley Boatyard consists of a shorefront lot of land on Southwest Harbor, the family home on Clark Point Road, Ralph’s office and design studio, a large boat-building shop, an even-larger boat storage building, a substantial wharf with the original boat shop, two wooden boat-launching ramps, and a floating dock. The property is zoned for a variety of marine-related uses, including boat-building, boat storage and more.

  The Margo Stanley Real Estate Agency is handling the sale for Mr. Stanley. Brokers Anne L. Welles and David P. Dodge have teamed up to assist the sellers with the transaction. The price is $925,000. Please direct any questions either to Anne Welles at 207-460-7245 or to David Dodge at 207-266-0034. Many details of the sale, including photographs, surveys, building sketches and, of course, some very pretty boats, are available at www.ralphstanleywoodenboats.com.

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