South Florida Boat Yard Recommend

[keep sailing]

I know this has been done and it seems like it is a bit of a holy grail search but does anyone know of a cheap place to store a 30' sailboat in the South Florida area?

I found a few acceptable options on the west coast and down the Okeechobee waterway at Glades Boatyard for a little more than $100 a month. That is pretty tough to beat but it would be nice to stay in South Florida. What do you South Florida people do with your boats for the hurricane season? Thanks

[Cheechako]

For in the water storage, the canals in SE Fl, West Palm etc have houses that rent out space. I doubt you can get $100 though, unless you have a shallow draft boat and a homeowner has a hard to rent slip due to depth or other things. These often just have a couple of pilings you tie to, no docks. I had to climb off the boat on the bowsprit! The homeowner was nice though and encouraged me when visiting the boat to use his pool!

[pmagistro]

Glades is a great place to store a boat dry and/or work on the boat but not a very convenient location. I store my 30' sailboat there and it works well, because I am gone all summer and need to work on the boat a while in the fall before launching.

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, keep sailing.

[bratzcpa]

We used Indiantown several times over several years. very happy with that.

Bad News - you burn a day heading inland on the St. Lucie Canal.

Good news - you motor through fresh water for 20+ miles, so it really cleans the salt off your hull, thru hulls, and motor cooling system. And, it's inland a ways, so "relatively" protected from hurricane issues.

~markb

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by keep sailing

I know this has been done and it seems like it is a bit of a holy grail search but does anyone know of a cheap place to store a 30' sailboat in the South Florida area?

I found a few acceptable options on the west coast and down the Okeechobee waterway at Glades Boatyard for a little more than $100 a month. That is pretty tough to beat but it would be nice to stay in South Florida. What do you South Florida people do with your boats for the hurricane season? Thanks

I doubt you will find a cheaper price than the Glades or a safer location in south Florida for storage on the hill.

[getyourbone]

Just remember you will have a lot of ash to clean off your boat from the burning of the sugar cane fields.