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charlotte harbour boat storage inc., on the upper west side of
charlotte harbour, punta gorda, entrance through boca grande pass
great yard, 4 dollars a foot for storage, six miles up a fresh water
canal[ to rinse out your cooling]. probably full for this year but
look them up.the owner ," joe' knows everything , he used to build the
brewer 42' at ft myers yacht and ship building. can't say enough.
sincerely, colin
Thanks for the note...
We were, in fact, headed there on several advices from this and other groups
(having first determined that All American Boat Storage was just that - you
can't do *anything* on your boat, nor can any contractor, there; it's next
door, literally). A visit to the site suggested nothing alarming, other
than the boats were rafted well over half the width of the channel, waiting
for the remaining (the other was in pieces in the yard) lift.
However, we ran *hard* aground trying to get up the channel, while still in
the harbor. Many phone calls and VHF later, we determined that the most
optimistic depth at high tide to get into the tributary under the locks was
5-6. We draw over 6, and had been told by several at both yards that coming
in at high tide would be fine.
Well, it wasn't a fine, but it acted like one, on stupidity, because it cost
us many hundreds of bux to get pulled off the mud.
I can't speak to their service. However, I can definitively tell you that
you can't get there with any more than 5-6, and then, it's at high tide,
optimistically.
Lydia's still steaming, over 8 weeks later. Cheap is good, but only when
you can get to it...
L8R
Skip and Lydia
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"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a
clear night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize
that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to
you that in the general scheme of things you are merely an
insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly
so important or as self-sufficient as you thought you were. Which is
an exceedingly wholesome thought, and one that may effect a
permanent change in your deportment that will be greatly appreciated
by your friends." - James S. Pitkin
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 06:12:26 GMT, "Skip Gundlach"
wrote:
Well, since I'm having very little luck finding inexpensive yards on the
FTL
side (though I did pick up the yellow pages from every county between
Miami
and Melbourne and will be calling to confirm my ad-hoc findings from this
and other sources), I'm now looking on the other side.
This is enhanced in two parts: The first is that I've had a craftsman
recommended by a 20+ year user, and he's recently moved from FTL to STP.
So, the one I'd likely use is on the west coast, anyway. The second is
that
during my recent trip (same as retrieving yellow pages) I picked up an
ad-type mag in Sailorman, and found a few west coast listings which were
on
the order of half to a quarter of the apparent 'bargain price' of the FTL
area yards, and *those* prices were on the order of half the non-bargain
prices.
So, we're thinking in terms of doing a shakedown cruise from the presumed
point of sale (if the one we're trying on doesn't succeed, there's
another
over there - and our third choice is in STP!) over to somewhere on the
west
coast.
Do any of you have experience or knowledge of DIY yards anywhere on the
FL
west coast between the Keys and Clearwater, but preferably not further
south
than, say, Fort Meyers?
Actually, we're rather enthused about the thought of that sail, so unless
I
find something to equal (i.e. $3-6 a foot per month) on the east side,
we'll
come over to the Gulf. The only wrinkle which makes it a bit
nervous-making
is the thought that when we go, and have a total of 20 days to get out of
FL, since we'll be headed east, it might be dicey on the time to splash
it
given the weather windows for the Bahamas crossing.
Thanks for any help!
L8R
Skip and Lydia
--
"And then again, when you sit at the helm of your little ship on a clear
night, and gaze at the countless stars overhead, and realize that you are
quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to you that in the
general scheme of things you are merely an insignificant speck on the
surface of the ocean; and are not nearly so important or as
self-sufficient
as you thought you were. Which is an exceedingly wholesome thought, and
one
that may effect a permanent change in your deportment that will be
greatly
appreciated by your friends."- James S. Pitkin