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osirissail · 24-06-2009, 20:10

I have been cruising and living in and around Grenada for the last 4-5 years and currently Spice Island Marine in Prickly Bay is competitive with all the other yards in both Grenada and Trinidad. Not surprisingly, the costs are almost the same on both islands. In Grenada your choices are three - Spice Island Marine in Prickly Bay, Grenada Marine in St. David's Bay and TBYH in Carriacou. Since you have a catamaran your choices are really Grenada Marine in St. Davids and Spice Island Marine in Prickly Bay. Both places are full service boatyards and service and quality is good. You should be there and supervise any contracted work and have stated in your contract when they must finish the job. Otherwise, you could be there for a long time. This applies to all the boatyards on both Grenada and Trinidad. Depending upon the work you need done you might get it done while in the water through Survival Anchorage Services or Enza Marine. If the work requires a haul-out then be sure to bargain with each yard to see who can get it done in your alloted time frame. There are minor differences in quality between Spice Island and Grenada Marine but they oscillate back and forth with one yard being better for a while and then the other yard being better. So it is really a toss-up.
If you are looking for long term storage during the summer season I would favor Grenada Marine in St. Davids as they have had a better record on surviving hurricanes. But with everything in this world, this always change. For summer season storage I would personnally prefer Trinidad. I priced haulout and bottom jobs in both Trinidad and Grenada and they were within US$100 of each other. You have to consider the cost of supplies along with yard costs to get a total picture.

24-06-2009, 20:10	#2
osirissail Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: onboard in the Caribbean - mostly in Grenada Boat: Gulfstar 53 - Osiris Posts: 850	I have been cruising and living in and around Grenada for the last 4-5 years and currently Spice Island Marine in Prickly Bay is competitive with all the other yards in both Grenada and Trinidad. Not surprisingly, the costs are almost the same on both islands. In Grenada your choices are three - Spice Island Marine in Prickly Bay, Grenada Marine in St. David's Bay and TBYH in Carriacou. Since you have a catamaran your choices are really Grenada Marine in St. Davids and Spice Island Marine in Prickly Bay. Both places are full service boatyards and service and quality is good. You should be there and supervise any contracted work and have stated in your contract when they must finish the job. Otherwise, you could be there for a long time. This applies to all the boatyards on both Grenada and Trinidad. Depending upon the work you need done you might get it done while in the water through Survival Anchorage Services or Enza Marine. If the work requires a haul-out then be sure to bargain with each yard to see who can get it done in your alloted time frame. There are minor differences in quality between Spice Island and Grenada Marine but they oscillate back and forth with one yard being better for a while and then the other yard being better. So it is really a toss-up. If you are looking for long term storage during the summer season I would favor Grenada Marine in St. Davids as they have had a better record on surviving hurricanes. But with everything in this world, this always change. For summer season storage I would personnally prefer Trinidad. I priced haulout and bottom jobs in both Trinidad and Grenada and they were within US$100 of each other. You have to consider the cost of supplies along with yard costs to get a total picture.