By Tom Pawlak
On a break from the Maine Boatbuilders Show in March, we visited Hodgdon Yachts, Inc. and found significant progress on their latest build, a 155′ Bruce King designed wood/epoxy ketch, named Scheherazade. This is Hodgdon Yachts’ largest wood/epoxy vessel to date. The project is roughly 60% larger than Antonisa, the 124′ sailing yacht they launched last year.
Scheherazade is being built in Hodgdon’s new 20,000 square foot facility located at the water’s edge in East Boothbay, Maine. A project this size would not have been possible in


Scheherazade under construction in October, 2000. The new Hogdon Yacht facility has a 164′ x 50′ center bay, large enough to accomodate roll overs of large vessels with a 400 ton overhead crane. 100′ x 20′ wings on each side are three levels high.
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