A thoroughly refurbished schooner Shenandoah was relaunched Saturday morning at Boothbay Harbor in Maine.
The Shenandoah, one of the Black Dog tall ships that sail from Vineyard Haven harbor, had undergone about six months of extensive rebuilding at the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard.
“We essentially did what is referred to as retopping — a rebuilding of the vessel from the waterline up,” said Bob Foster, a spokesman for the shipyard.
Capping off a year of intense expansion and its first foray into the mainland marketplace, the Black Dog Tavern, Inc. is now trimming back one of its three Island food outlets - shutting down the cafe on State road in Vineyard Haven for the off-season.
More Island businesses are feeling the impact of financial trouble at one of the Island's biggest and most ambitious private enterprises, the Black Dog Tavern Inc., which is still trying to recover from a $2 million drop in revenues last year.
A giant among Vineyard businesses - in terms of people on the
payroll and a profile that virtually spans the globe - the Black
Dog Tavern Inc. is showing some serious chinks in its armor.