Lew,

Your right about the old marinas off of Miner. They were in disrepair when I
was sailing around them as a kid! The old Fleitz was particularly bad.
Several years back we got a bit of a storm and one of the gangways broke
loose and floated away with a number of boats still tied to it! I suppose
you could say those marinas do have "character"! :-)

The new marina complex, just across the harbor from it (in Watchorn Basin),
is in very good shape, though. I had my name in on a waiting list to move
from there back to Alamitos Bay, but I like the marina there so much better
that I've decided to stay.

--Alan Gomes

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Alan Gomes" writes:

Boatshop is gone now, I think, and I've heard that San Pedro Boat Works
has
bitten the dust too.

SFWIW, drove down Miner St last weekend.

The boat shops are all gone.

No updates have ever been made to any of the marinas.

HTH


--
Lew

S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the
Southland)
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On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 05:19:50 -0400, Horace Brownbag
wrote:

I'm out at Pine Island with a 4'6" draft, and I find the bottom now
and again...7 foot would be a drag.

====================================

Sure would, there are spots in the ICW shoaled to less than 7 feet.

Probably the biggest issue for a 40 ft sailboat in this area is the 53
ft clearance on the Cape Coral bridge. That's not necessarily a
problem however unless you want to go to the east coast or cruise the
river.

Hey, Michael -

Mine's a 41' wooden sloop, a Laurent Giles design built in 1957. I'm not
about to post my slip number on the world wide web, but I'm in the boat
haven, on the same dock that has Sugar and Leslie's big Alden schooner
Alcyone side-tied on the end. Bettina's about four boats down on the left
side.

Which one is your boat? Is it that long lean wooden one alongside the
building that looks like an eight-meter or PCC or whatever?

Tom

"Michael" wrote in message
...
So's mine. Right next to PT Rigging undergoing a refit/upgrade. Which
one
is yours?

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:37:17 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 05:19:50 -0400, Horace Brownbag
wrote:

I'm out at Pine Island with a 4'6" draft, and I find the bottom now
and again...7 foot would be a drag.

====================================

Sure would, there are spots in the ICW shoaled to less than 7 feet.

Probably the biggest issue for a 40 ft sailboat in this area is the 53
ft clearance on the Cape Coral bridge. That's not necessarily a
problem however unless you want to go to the east coast or cruise the
river.

.....or the 48' railroad bridge at Port Mayaca...east side of Lake
Okechobee.

At 51', we heeled to go under....

I think I saw your boat from Sims Way. Green hull? Around 30 feet?

Tom

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Look for Twin or Bilge Keels, your right about the slip number. Oops.
Mine
should be the only one like that anywhere in the yard. She's undergoing a
major refit and upgrade.

M.

"Tom Dacon" wrote in message
...
Hey, Michael -

Mine's a 41' wooden sloop, a Laurent Giles design built in 1957. I'm not
about to post my slip number on the world wide web, but I'm in the boat
haven, on the same dock that has Sugar and Leslie's big Alden schooner
Alcyone side-tied on the end. Bettina's about four boats down on the
left
side.

Which one is your boat? Is it that long lean wooden one alongside the
building that looks like an eight-meter or PCC or whatever?

Tom

"Michael" wrote in message
...
So's mine. Right next to PT Rigging undergoing a refit/upgrade.
Which
one
is yours?