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MAINE BOATYARDS PURCHASE NEW MARINE TRAVELIFT 75 BFMII AND 50 BFMII MOBILE BOAT HOISTS TO ENHANCE OPERATIONS

STURGEON BAY, WI (July 1, 2015) – Marine Travelift Inc. announced today that two prominent Maine boatyards have purchased new mobile boat hoists from the Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin-based manufacturer. Billings Diesel & Marine Services in Stonington, Maine, has purchased a new 75 BFMII, and the John Williams Boat Company in Mount Desert, Maine, has purchased a new 50 BFMII. Both sales were handled by The Martin Walter Company of Norwell Ma., the exclusive sales and service Northeast Distributor for Marine Travelift for over 36 years.

Founded in 1928, Billings Diesel & Marine is a full-service boatyard dedicated to every aspect of boat service and maintenance, serving recreational yachts, fishing boats and commercial vessels — including coastal Maine’s ubiquitous lobster boats, tugs and ferries — up to and beyond 100 feet in length. In mid-April, the yard added a new Marine Travelift 75 BFMII mobile boat hoist to its operation, which includes two covered railways and a 35 BFMII. The addition effectively doubled its hoist lifting capacity to 165,000 lbs with the new 75BFMII.

President Harlan Billings, who began working for the company when his father took over the business in 1966, said Billings Diesel & Marine Services has owned several Marine Travelift machines over the years, including 25-, 30- and 35-ton mobile boat hoists. The company added the new 75 BFMII to complement its existing 35 BFMII.

“The 35 BFMII is a very busy Marine Travelift,” Billings noted. “If the new 75 BFMII is half as busy as the 35 BFMII, I’ll be very happy.”

The new machine features a two-speed hoist, wireless remote control, sound suppression kit level II, an additional 10 feet of depth below grade, and Marine Travelift’s signature top beam extension. With this innovative feature, the top beam is moved forward, providing additional clearance while the boat is suspended in the slings.

This allows the boatyard to lift a much larger number of vessels with super structures, without needing to adjust the vessels’ rigging. What’s more, it allows the yard to handle a wide variety of vessels including fishing vessels that have larger, higher superstructures.

“Here, time is money,” Billings said. “So this feature saves money.”

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