Shipyard · New build & refit
Safe Harbor Front Street
Refit and service yard on the Belfast, Maine waterfront, started in 2011 and taken over by Safe Harbor at the end of 2025. It pairs a 485-ton hoist with heated sheds big enough to drive large yachts inside for winter refit work, and has handled expedition and classic yachts in the 35–46 m range.
Key facts
- Parent
- Safe Harbor Marinas (since 2025)
- Country
- United States
- Founded
- 2011 (January; co-founded by JB Turner and partners)
- Status
- Active
- Size range (LOA, m)
- 6–61 (20–200 ft, yard site); indoor shop space to 49 m (160 ft)
- Largest delivered
- not published
- Yachts delivered
- not published
Notable yachts
- Pioneer · 46 m / 151 ft, refit 2020–21
- Magic · 39.6 m / 130 ft, refit 2013–14
- Axia (37.5 m / 123 ft, refit 2016
- Refit Excellence Award best sailing yacht refit 2016)
- Berilda · 37.2 m / 122 ft, refit 2016
- Atlantide · 37.2 m / 122 ft, refit 2012–13
Services
- haul-out and storage
- refit
- coatings and paint booth
- fairing
- composites (epoxy and vinyl ester)
- ABS-certified metal fabrication
- carpentry and fine joinery
- rigging
- AC/DC electrical
- electronics
- engines
- plumbing
- hydraulics
- waterjet cutting
- new construction
- marina with shower facilities and lounge (no crew housing published)
Haul-out
| Travel lift | 485 US ton / 440 MT Cimolai travel hoist, 38 ft (11.6 m) max beam (in service 2013); 165 US ton (150 MT) Travelift, 31 ft (9.4 m) max beam; 60 t mobile hoist; 30 t hydraulic crane (yard site) |
|---|---|
| Shiplift | none published |
| Dry / floating dock | none published |
| Max LOA handled (m) | shed 47–49 (Wikipedia 155 ft, yard site 160 ft); new build and refit projects to 61 (200 ft, yard site); marina slips to 61 (200 ft) |
| Max tonnage handled | 485 US t (440 MT) |
| Sheds / berths | 72,555 sq ft yacht storage and 10,320 sq ft shop space on a six-acre site with 1,500 ft (457 m) waterfront (yard site); heated sheds, Building 6 (opened 2018) tall enough to take the 485 t hoist inside; 20 ft channel depth, ~10.5 ft tidal range. Crew accommodation: not published |
Sources
- frontstreetshipyard.com — https://frontstreetshipyard.com/capabilities/
- frontstreetshipyard.com — https://frontstreetshipyard.com/yacht-refit-case-studies/
- megayachtnews.com — https://megayachtnews.com/2025/12/front-street-shipyard-ownership/
- en.wikipedia.org — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Street_Shipyard
Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.