I am the manager of a ministorage facility and made a deal with the
owners on building it on the property. An indoor unit is being used
for building the three hulls (yes, trimaran) and then final assembly
will take place outside.

A forty foot by 12' beam boat though would have to be built all
outdoors here. I'm pretty far south (near Atlanta) so this isn't a
big problem but up north it might limit your building time in winter.

Checking with various boat movers will help you find out what can be
done as far as getting it to water when you are done.

Weebles Wobble (but they don't fall down)
On 26 Oct 2004 16:54:28 -0700, (Sami) wrotf:

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

In article ,
says...
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
Red Rover 1
"Sami" wrote in message
om...
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