Jarvis Newman 36
LOA: 36’0”
Beam: 11’0”
Draft: 3’6”
Weight: 17,000 lbs.
Power: (1) 200-hp John Deere diesel
Fuel: 130 gals.
Water: 35 gals.
Matt Monroe says his boat Hallelujah is often recognized. “One of the more interesting questions we had,” says Monroe, “was the day we were on a mooring at the Goslings, a popular spot for day cruisers. A couple on a boat idled up and asked if the boat was ‘the’ Hallelujah, the one that was once a service boat in Casco Bay. When we said ‘yes,’ they smiled and said, ‘The guys who ran that boat saved our bacon one stormy day!’”
, a 36-foot Jarvis Newman hull, was built in 1977 and powered by a 210-hp Caterpillar 3208. Like was finished by another custom builder—in this case by Lee Wilbur of Wilbur Yachts—for a customer who was an executive at Central Maine Power. Eventually, the boat became a part of the energy company’s service department, a reliable response craft berthed in Portland to serve customers on five or six year-round inhabited islands in Casco Bay. Oftentimes, it would go out in the worst weather to restore power knocked out by coast-lashing winter Nor’easters.
