This well-proportioned, 18-foot skiff had just been rolled over when I visited the Brooklin Boat Yard’s auxiliary shop yesterday.
As you may know, in custom boat building, a boat’s being “rolled over" refers to the critical, often celebratory, moment when a boat hull is completely (or virtually completely) formed and the boat is flipped from its inverted build position (bottom-side up) to its upright finishing position (right-side up). Then, the boat’s interior supports, etc., can be worked on:
BBY’s auxiliary shop is in the historic (rehabilitated) Odd Fellows Hall near the main boatyard. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 20, 2026.)