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looking for a marina in the Tampa area
to handle my 36 ft Hunter Sailboat rerigging.
I will be transporting my 36 Hunter sailboat
from NY to west coast Florida and need a marina that can take it off tractor trailer and step
the mast.
Any good marina's in the area.
 
i just had rivertown marina in NW bradenton do my bottom. while they were doing my bottom they redid a mast for a simular sixed boat.

the good news is they are also a do it yourself yard so if you want to do anything else to the boat you should be able to.
 
This yard "should" be able to do it at a reasonable cost. I had them do a ton of work for me (power boat) about 14 months ago with no problems. I saw them offload many, many boats and rig them for launch while I was there. Not sure about bridges though.

http://www.taylorboatworks.com/

I'm currently hauled out (yesterday) at Snead Island Boatworks, which I'm certain can handle your work (only question is access for a big rig). They're pricey though. They don't have a website, but they are just inside the Manatee River with no bridges to the Bay or Gulf: (941) 722-2400 If Snead can't do it, they will know who/where.
 
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Originally posted by tcijoe

i just had rivertown marina in NW bradenton do my bottom. while they were doing my bottom they redid a mast for a simular sixed boat.

the good news is they are also a do it yourself yard so if you want to do anything else to the boat you should be able to.

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Joe, where's Rivertown? Are you happy with their work?
 
Every customer that goes to Snead is happy with there service, as they should be they are expensive.

rivertown is a good old boys marina. i was happy with the bottom job they did and all of the support they gave me during other projects (i made..yes i made new canvas, compounded the entire hull, teaked some wood, etc). for the price i could have my bottom done every years and still be about what snead would charge for one job. i was like $1k for ablative trinidad sr including running gear.

i then sent down a carver from my marina for a bottom job....they are very avid boaters of 40 years and they were happy with the work.

Skeet - from your marina...just past the crosses on the south side. very tiny old looking marina.

Ps. if you go take a case of good quality lite beer adn you will be royalty.
 
I completely forgot about that place. I meant to check them out this time around... crap!

Well, I stopped by the yard today and added to the list: Two new sea strainers and increasing the A/C through hull to 1" for better flow and added 2 strut to the custom swim platform for support (just being cautious). Also, they are adding a cover for the genset through hull. I have to clean that crazy thing every single day I'm out or the genny stops due to loss of coolant.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that they had completely cleaned the entire boat before starting their work and that they clean it again before giving it back. That may explain at least part of the price :-(

Edited to add: You're hurting my feelings by being a better shopper!
 
I'd give Salt Creek Marina in St Pete a call. They are inexpensive and they allowed me to do my own work also, instead of forcing me to pay them to do all the work. They're right across Salt Creek from the Harborage drystack.

I used them when I was moving north, I paid them to haul out my boat and block it for me, then paid them a daily fee to keep it there while I winterized it, and arranged for it to be shrink wrapped, and had my transporters come pick it up.

So basically I paid them for haul out and storage for a couple of weeks and for loading it on to a truck, while I did the work myself and found my own shrink wrappers whom they allowed to come and work on the boat.

I'd go there again instead of paying big bucks elsewhere.
 
i have heard plenty good about salt creek. the sad part is for skeetobite and myself it cost us a bunch in fuel just to get there, not only the boat but in drive time with the car. rivertown and snead are right down the street from our marina.

skeetobite -- i try to keep as much money for fuel and spend as little on maintenance and repairs as possible. the only way to do that is by doing a little shopping. plus i enjoy doing the work on my boat. i know in the marina as having A.D.D. as i can never sit still.
 
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Originally posted by tcijoe

i have heard plenty good about salt creek. the sad part is for skeetobite and myself it cost us a bunch in fuel just to get there, not only the boat but in drive time with the car. rivertown and snead are right down the street from our marina.

skeetobite -- i try to keep as much money for fuel and spend as little on maintenance and repairs as possible. the only way to do that is by doing a little shopping. plus i enjoy doing the work on my boat. i know in the marina as having A.D.D. as i can never sit still.

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Yep, about $60 in diesel to get to Salt Creek and back unless I idle across the bay, plus over an hour drive time (by car) each way just from the Marina, let alone our house in Lakeland.

Another good thing about the local yards is that I can also single hand the boat there and back and not need a ride since my marina is within easy reach of the dinghy.
 
I just bring it up as another option for 'wiseguy', it may actually be closer to where he wants to be since he asked about the 'Tampa area'.

Plus, it's the middle of winter here, so anything that reminds me of my Tampa area boating days serves as a good excuse to come up with a post!

I know what you're talking about though, for me it was the reverse a lot of the time. We took our boat to be serviced at Marsh Harbor Marina, right next to the Marlow place in the canal that connects the Manatee and Terra Ceia. I had to single hand the boat there while my wife drove to pick me up down there. Then to pick up the boat we'd drive together and then she'd drive back to our marina. A couple of times we just took a cab. What a hassle! But it was warranty work so it was the only thing we could do!
 
skeet - you do just like i do, except i ususally just take the dinghy home. i live on terra ceia island just north of terra ceia bay. usually a fun ride right thru the mangroves

ok, now we totally hijacked wise guys thread....sorry.
 
Salt Creek Boat Works, right next to Salt Creek Marina is also an option.

They did several new and brokerage boats for the sail show a few months ago.

There is an independent contractor on property with a crane that does sailboat rigging.

Fred
 
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