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halfway in between is Indiantown marina. you can live on your boat in the work
yard.

The are on the canal from stuart to the west coast that goes thru lake
oceechobee.

good luck.

Rich

FL West Coast DIY yards

A 46' morgan will not clear the bridge which is 47' unless he drops the
mast.
"Toolowd" wrote in message
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halfway in between is Indiantown marina. you can live on your boat in the
work
yard.

The are on the canal from stuart to the west coast that goes thru lake
oceechobee.

good luck.

Rich

FL West Coast DIY yards

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"Bruce" wrote:

A 46' morgan will not clear the bridge which is 47' unless he drops the
mast.
"Toolowd" wrote in message
...
halfway in between is Indiantown marina. you can live on your boat in the
work
yard.

The are on the canal from stuart to the west coast that goes thru lake
oceechobee.

That's one reason we have not gone. FWIW, I hear that for a few feet,
someone will attach an oil drum of water to the top of the mast to
heel the boat over enough to clear.

grandma Rosalie

FL West Coast DIY yards

What bridge? I thought he was coming from Ft. Lauderdale. The controlling
height from that direction should be 55 feet.

Besides, doesn't the bridge at the lake have 49 foot clearance? Its actually
listed as 55 feet, but I know that's not right.

"Bruce" wrote in message
...
A 46' morgan will not clear the bridge which is 47' unless he drops the
mast.
"Toolowd" wrote in message
...
halfway in between is Indiantown marina. you can live on your boat in the
work
yard.

The are on the canal from stuart to the west coast that goes thru lake
oceechobee.

good luck.

Rich

FL West Coast DIY yards

Comments below:

"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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"Bruce" wrote:

A 46' morgan will not clear the bridge which is 47' unless he drops the
mast.
"Toolowd" wrote in message
...
halfway in between is Indiantown marina. you can live on your boat in
the
work
yard.

The are on the canal from stuart to the west coast that goes thru lake
oceechobee.

That's one reason we have not gone. FWIW, I hear that for a few feet,
someone will attach an oil drum of water to the top of the mast to
heel the boat over enough to clear.

grandma Rosalie

There is an article In this month's (February) Sail Magazine mentioning
exactly that. Discovering America, pg. 67, "Saw grass, steel nuts, and
mangroves." Billy Owens and his boat heeling service. He puts several
plastic oil drums on the edge of the deck and pumps them full of water. He
hauls piece of PVC pipe with a measuring string to the masthead and when the
lower end of the 48' weighted string touches the water you're heeled enough
to fit under the Port Macaya railroad lift bridge.
--
Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin
Cape Breton Island, Canada
kenheaton AT ess wye dee DOT eastlink DOT ca

FL West Coast DIY yards

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

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

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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