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"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.

Some folks I know have used Salt Creek Boat Works, but I think the
yard was in flux at that time. I've been there, but I don't know
exactly where it was (someone else was driving), but I think in the
Tampa St. Pete area.
grandma Rosalie

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

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

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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

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"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
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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.

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

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"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

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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

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
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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

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
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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

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