Dozens of community members gathered Saturday, Nov. 4, at pier one to construct Boothbay Harbor’s 900-plus buoy tree. Eric Gimbel, Jay Quinn and Ren Jones began installation of the wood frame at 10 a.m. By noon, organizers, volunteers and onlookers.
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER
Boothbay Harbor’s first grand-scale lobster buoy tree. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
From left, Tom Minerich, Eric Marden, Dianne Gimbel, Mark Gimbel, Eric Gimbel and Tim Weatherby. Courtesy photo
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
Pier 1 in Boothbay Harbor is now illuminated with the town’s first large-scale Christmas buoy tree. The 20-foot wooden structure weighs in at 3,000 pounds and is outfitted with 800 lobster-pot buoys, 1,000 lights and is topped by a giant metal lobster. Over 20 businesses and people pitched in with money, manpower and materials.
Windjammer Emporium owner Mark Gimbel organized the construction procuring buoys from Bangor-based Mainely Buoys and ordering lights, Knickerbocker Group engineered and constructed the base, and Marden Builders owner Eric Marden used his bin lift to cover the high spots.
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER
Boothbay Harbor’s first grand-scale lobster buoy tree. JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
From left, Tom Minerich, Eric Marden, Dianne Gimbel, Mark Gimbel, Eric Gimbel and Tim Weatherby. Courtesy photo
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER/Boothbay Register
Pier 1 in Boothbay Harbor is now illuminated with the town’s first large-scale Christmas buoy tree. The 20-foot wooden structure weighs in at 3,000 pounds and is outfitted with 800 lobster-pot buoys, 1,000 lights and is topped by a giant metal lobster. Over 20 businesses and people pitched in with money, manpower and materials.
Windjammer Emporium owner Mark Gimbel organized the construction procuring buoys from Bangor-based Mainely Buoys and ordering lights, Knickerbocker Group engineered and constructed the base, and Marden Builders owner Eric Marden used his bin lift to cover the high spots.