AYB NEWS
WISHING STAR a 77' Trumpy is on the railway for scheduled maintenance.
SAMANTHA a beautiful 46 foot Jarvis Newman is up in the yard getting her bottom painted before moving south.
Several sailboats and a couple of powerboats come through the Great Bridge on a beautiful fall afternoon.
MY MARILYN, a 101' Hatteras cruised by us on the ICW heading south.
After a week of bad weather, the boats are moving again. Twenty one boats came through the 12:00 bridge on this beautiful fall day.
A beautiful yacht passes by our office on her way down south!
CARPE DIEM says it all as she moves down the ICW on a beautiful fall day.
ANNARUTH a 53 Selene shines as she sits in the yard being polished.
SIXPENCE up on the yard getting work done for the winter.
The southbound traffic has started!
With cooler weather approaching many boaters come through the Great Bridge on their way south.
MIGNARDISE, with a fresh barrier coat and bottom paint and polish shines in the shed!
EDWARD J, a 70' yacht, is on the railway getting some necessary maintenance done.
FAR POINT, a 42 Nordic Tug that we sold last year, cruises by us on a great fall afternoon.
MIGNARDISE, a Grand Banks, is up getting her bottom peeled and repainted before the cold weather comes!
The Selene 53, KOAN, has just been painted Flag Blue and she shines!
Francois de Rooij sits on a piling by the new Selene he is getting ready to cruise on with his parents in the Chesapeake!
On a gray summer afternoon several boats pass by on their way south down the ICW.
Frans and Sylvia de Rooij, great folks from Belgium, stand on the aft deck of their new boat, PRIME TIME. They will be cruising the Chesapeake for 4 weeks and we cannot wait until they return to tell us all about their trip!
Frans and Sylvia, a couple from Belgium, bought the Selene 53 PRIME TIME from us last fall and have come back to the US to cruise the Chesapeake for their holiday. Here they are leaving our yard to get started!
PRINCIPIA, a 1928 88 foot Lake Union Dry Dock boat from Seattle, Washington, is up on the railway having some work performed.
A unique boat floats by us on the ICW on a summer day.
SUMMERGIRL, a 72 foot Broward, is on the railway for maintenance.
SAM V, a 1964 Rybovich in beautiful condition passing by the office on a nice summer day!
MY-CY, a beautiful Ocean Alexander out of Richmond, VA, is on the travelift coming out of the shed with a new paint job. She shines!
POUR VOUS, whose owner is a dear friend of VYB, sits on the front dock waiting to go to Boston, MA for the summer.
A Kadey-Krogen sits on waiting to be polished.
Caramel, a 3 year old Havanese, gets a summer trim.
HILARIUM, a 124' Aluminum Hakvoort Motor Yacht from Boca Grande, FL, passed by us on the ICW as it waited for the 2pm bridge to open. Quite a sight!
A Grand Banks is up getting her running gear worked on at AYB.
ANNABELLE, a beautiful 1955 Trumpy 75 from Isleboro, Maine passed by us on the ICW this afternoon!
VELOCE waited for the 9am bridge to open to continue north on the ICW.
CASTLEFINN, a large Westport, passed by our office on a beautiful day in June!
The Ocean Yacht in the shed has gotten her new Aristocrat Blue paint and looks beautiful!
A beautiful yacht getting maintenance done to be ready to cruise in the summer!
A large Ocean Alexander is in the shed awaiting new paint.
MORNING STAR, a 65 foot yacht, wintered with AYB and is now on the railway getting new bottom paint.
A large Ocean Yacht is in the paint shed primed and ready to have her hull painted Aristocrat Blue.
KINGFISHER a 46 Grand Banks is up to be polished and get bottom paint before cruising the northeast this summer.
POUR VOUS, a 52 Grand Banks Europa that we sold several years ago to the current owner, is up for stabilizer service, polish and bottom paint before heading north for the summer.
Bruce Cates, the paintshop foreman, preps a boat in the shed for new paint.
CARPE DIEM, a 93 ft Broward, cruises north bound on the ICW!
MOIRA, a 50 ft Huckins, just came out of winter storage at AYB and starts her cruise north.
SCOUT, a beautiful 1930 Defoe sits at the front dock on a nice spring day.
We have been seeing an increase in traffic at AYB. SEA FOX, a beautiful yacht, is northbound on the ICW.
LIBERTY CALL and EMPTY POCKETS receiving fresh bottom paint and Teflon polish.
LIESELOTTE (formerly CLAUDETTE) is having new Cummins diesels, generator, air conditionong and fuel tanks installed by her knowledgeable owner. Then she will receive new paint.
A classic Riva, that would normally be found in Italy, getting 8 coats of varnish.
EMPRESS from Greenwich, CT on the railway for fresh bottom paint
Gorgeous varnish on SCOUT expertly maintained by Atlantic Yacht Basin. She is a "showboat" year after year.
SEQUOIA almost ready after an extensive updating required by the Coast Guard
SEQUOIA getting some new lumber before heading to Washington.
SCOUT ready for another season in Newport.
FRANCIS MARION from Maine gets fresh hull paint in the covered work sheds. Atlantic Yacht Basin is a perfect yard with an outstanding skilled crew.
New Fighting Lady Yellow Awlgrip on this classic American Tug.
The hauling crew operates the 60 ton travelift to get this beautiful yacht out of the water.
A large casino cruise ship pulls into AYB to fuel up before continuing south to Cape Canaveral, FL.
A Kadey-Krogen sits on land waiting to be polished to look her very best cruising in the spring time.
A large yacht up in the railway slip getting work done before cruising this summer.
ELAN used to have a green hull, but was painted in the shed at AYB a beautiful yellow just in time for spring!
SEQUOIA is getting all new wood on her sides.
VANISHING ACT, a 62' Offshore is blocked and getting ready for spring!
A Fleming 55 blocked in the work shed is getting new Naiad stabilizers and fresh bottom paint.
SEQUOIA sits in the workshed getting new ribs and new wood planks on the hull. Soon she will be back in Washington and ready for the charter market.
89' CANIM sits on the railway while getting fresh bottom paint and feature stripe. Her hull was already painted here at AYB and shines beautifully in the bright sunshine on this last day of March.
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