Power lines can be lifted, bridges can't.

Sure they can it just costs more ;-)

Brian

You might care to try the Shelburne Shipyard on Lake Champlain. They
probably have the space and any unusual tools you may need, and they
can put it right in the water after completion.


http://www.shelburneshipyard.com/

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You might care to try the Shelburne Shipyard on Lake Champlain.

AND you get to live in Vermont, not Manhatten. Burlington has good
bars, good music, Woodworkers Warehouse and Queen City Steel. And you
have a great relatively calm test location with great scenery and many
nice marinas. You have a choice of leaving via canal either South to
Albany, on the Hudson, or North to the St Laurence, with a further
choice then of West to the Great Lakes or East to the Atlantic.

Makes me homesick, even if I am temporarily in Warmer Waters...

--
Regards, Terry King ...On the Mediterranean in Carthage

There are some back water places in Virginia not too far from Norfolk where
you could work very cheaply.
We met a solo liveaboard guy who hauled out in some yard in a river and
fiberglassed his Tahiti ketch. He took his time, about a year. If you buy
locally, I don't think there are any sales taxes and you could live in a
little trailer nearby or in the yard. Ask on the newgroup for particular
referrals to small marinas or boat yards in that area.
Leo
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"Sami" wrote in message
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Hi all

I have been planning to build a steel kit boat (something along the
lines of a Bruce Roberts Spray 40) but I need the space! Where do you
look?

I live near Manhattan. The few places that do lease out
manufacturing/industrial property around here are either WAY too
expensive and offer only large lots (min 5000 sq feet, but I only need
1400 sq ft max) and require a LOT of paperwork.

At this point I am considering renting a lot on a farm or something
somewhere far inland - maybe even Mexico or Canada - and hope that I
can still somehow get a trailer and a crane to my site to cart it off
(this boat on a trailer will probably be taller than 15 feet - how
would it get through an underpass or bridge?) I'd be willing to rent
out my house and live in a trailer on the lot!

Any hints or suggestions?

Any former boatbuilders who can make me a decent offer?

Thanks
Sam