Author: Areys Pond Boat Yard

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Arey’s Pond Boat Yard Expands Its Services: Now Offers an Onsite Canvas Shop and Sail Loft

3/31/2017 - South Orleans, MA – Arey’s Pond Boat Yard, a fixture on Cape Cod for over 60 years, announced today that construction of their new building housing their Marine Canvas and Upholstery Shop and Sail Loft is complete. “We are excited to offer boat and homeowners across Cape Cod, especially lower… SEE MORE

A classic Arey's Pond Boat Yard cat, at left, sits on the Chesapeake beside a modern cruising catamaran.

Two Very Different Cats, Both at Home on the Chesapeake

10/14/2015 - Two cats, two very different styles of sailing. At Arey's Pond Boat Yard we are always pleased to deliver our boats to the Chesapeake, since the Chesapeake Bay's shallow waters are ideally suited to catboats. On a recent delivery to Easton, we were surprised to see that our customer already… SEE MORE

The start of the 2015 Arey's Pond Catboat Gathering on Little Pleasant Bay, Massachusetts.

Classic Sight: Cats Racing on Little Pleasant Bay

8/24/2015 - It was a beautiful summer day for the 23rd Annual Arey’s Pond Cat Gathering on August 15, 2015. It was quite the sight to see more than eighty boats dance across the water with their white sails billowing as they sped across Little Pleasant Bay and Big Pleasant Bay. The… SEE MORE

CARACAL, a classic catboat built by Arey's Pond Boat Yard, under sail at the 2014 APBY Cat Gathering.

Summer Tradition: A Catboat Gathering on Pleasant Bay

7/7/2015 - It's almost as much a part of summer on the Cape as warm days and sandy feet: The annual Arey's Pond Boat Yard Cat Gathering. Attracting nearly 100 of these classic sail boats, the APBY Cat Gathering has become a signature event on Pleasant Bay and all of Cape Cod,… SEE MORE

A photo of Arey's Pond Boat Yard's bustling waterfront in 2013 shows how active the boat yard has become.

Arey’s Pond: Six Decades of Boatbuilding on Pleasant Bay

6/20/2014 - In the early 1950s, Jim Kidd, a retired Coast Guard officer, built a home on the edge of Arey’s Pond, just off Pleasant Bay. He designed the basement to be a boat shop for his retirement years but he soon found that he was getting calls to fix and repair… SEE MORE

Frededrick Villars, owner of CONJURER (in yellow), and Tony Davis, owner of Arey's Pond Boat Yard, sailing on Oct. 15, 2013.

Conjurer, 104-Year-Old Restored Crosby Cat, Sails Again

10/29/2013 - Conjurer is a 28-foot Crosby catboat built in 1909 by H. Manley Crosby and is a perfect example of the definitive American catboat that was originally built here on Cape Cod. She has recently undergone a complete three-year restoration project by Arey’s Pond Boat Yard in South Orleans and is… SEE MORE

Nearly a hundred catboats competed in the 21st Arey's Pond Cat Gathering.

Nearly 100 Gather On Cape for Annual Catboat Regatta

9/18/2013 - The 21st Arey’s Pond Cat Gathering took place on Saturday, August 10, 2013, on Cape Cod's Pleasant Bay. There were 94 registered participants with 86 starting on a beautiful summer day with perfect winds. It was an exciting day on Pleasant Bay for both entrants and viewers as graceful catboats,… SEE MORE

After a complete restoration at Arey's Pond Boat Yard, CONJURER floats once more.

Historic Catboat to Sail Cape Cod Once More

7/13/2013 - Conjurer, the 1909 H. Manley Crosby-built catboat that Arey's Pond Boat Yard has been restoring, floated without any issues at 3:30 p.m. on July 12 after four years out of the water. She seems very happy, taking on some water but not much. We had an intermittent sprinkler system on… SEE MORE

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