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06-12-2009, 06:45
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Honolulu
Boat: Nautor Swan 46 MK I
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East Florida Boat Yards?
We are in Jax headed south and looking for a place to haul out and do a bit of work ourselves. We heard Crackerboy in West Palm was good.
I have 8'4" draft.
anyone have advice?
Thanks, Nick
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06-12-2009, 06:57
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Miami
Boat: Boatless
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Crackerboy is excellent with very good and efficient workers. Phil the manager is the most helpful manager I have ever met in a yard. The local area is a bit rough, the liquor store looks like Mat Dillon's jail, but security in the yard is excellent.
They hauled a racing boat that draws 19 ft so you will have no problems but it gets shallow between the lift and the fuel dock 100 yds north but I got 9ft in at high tide.The tide can be difficult if you are not used to 2-3 knot currents.
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"Remember, experience only means that you screw-up less often."
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06-12-2009, 08:13
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 51,364
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Playboy Marine in Ft. Lauderdale
on the Dania Cut-Off Canal (760 Taylor Rd. Dania-Ft. Lauderdale) is an excellent DIY yard, with several "resident" contractors working there. Outside contractors are also welcome.
Web ➥ Playboy Marine Center - South Florida's Premier Do-It-Yourself Boatyard - Vessel Haulout
Phone: 954-920-0533
Fax: 954-920-0929
Bob Polon (Excellent Contractor)
Tel: (954) 920-0533
Evening: (954) 587-7801
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06-12-2009, 09:45
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Honolulu
Boat: Nautor Swan 46 MK I
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Thanks Gord
My friends live in Pembroke Pines so this is a good find.
Any idea what the depth is like there?
i need at least 9'
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06-12-2009, 09:54
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Goodland, Florida
Boat: Compac sloop 33 EyeoftheStorm
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I have had a good experience with Cracker Boy in Ft. Pierce. They are very professional and easy to deal with.
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06-12-2009, 10:12
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Sponsoring Vendor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Hollywood, Fl.
Boat: FP Athena 38' Poerava
Posts: 4,020
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Second PlayBoy, the last of the good ol boys in south Florida. DON"T go next door unless you got bucks to throw away.
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06-12-2009, 10:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Jupiter, FL
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Regarding 9' depth; Cracker boy in Ft. Pierce is NOT deep enough, Cracker Boy in Riviera Beach is plenty deep, and I'm not sure about the depths at Playboy, but the Dania Cutoff Canal is deep enough. I don't think there are any other options for DIY with 9' depth.
Brian
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06-12-2009, 11:04
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NTD
... Any idea what the depth is like there?
I need at least 9'
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Ask Playboy.
Playboy carries over 6 Ft L.W. at the dock, so should have over 9 Ft at high water. Play the tide.
I worked a 10 Ft draft trawler, just next door (east) at the commercial facility. The Captain had a firm departure time/date, to catch his required tide.
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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06-12-2009, 11:33
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
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What about the yard at the mouth of the St. Johns River? Just east of the ferry........ i2f
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06-12-2009, 11:40
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 21
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Since your 2 criteria are -
1. Do it yourself yard.
2. At least 9 foot water depth
Cape Marina in Port Canaveral meets both requirements.
They also allow live aboard while on the hard for a small daily fee.
Mike
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06-12-2009, 12:01
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Honolulu
Boat: Nautor Swan 46 MK I
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Quote:
Originally Posted by imagine2frolic
What about the yard at the mouth of the St. Johns River? Just east of the ferry........ i2f
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HA! thats where I am right now. It's funny you mentioned it.
It's cold here right now and we want to get south a bit further.
My old Navy buddy is down by Ft Liquordale area and we wanted to hang for a couple weeks and get work done before heading south for bluer waters.
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06-12-2009, 12:10
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
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It is a wee bit cold. Funny how we acclimate. This is summer weather home on S.F. Bay, and I am whining here in Jax. Are you headed home? We should be there this late spring, and them home to S.F. by early summer......... i2f
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08-12-2009, 16:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Honolulu
Boat: Nautor Swan 46 MK I
Posts: 47
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Yes headed home
We are going back to Honolulu for a year then back to semi retirement in the PACNORwest. We love Victoria and desolation Sound.
Mostly I like sitting in the middle of the Pacific high as far away from phones as a man can get.
and then spend 6 weeks playing the stereo REALLY LOUD!
I did the Honolulu to San Fran trip last year on a Bene 423. I decided I wanted something hardier under me next time.
your in Jax? Where abouts?
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08-12-2009, 18:20
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: St. Augustine, Fl
Boat: Allied Princess, 36-Scallywag
Posts: 693
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The Northern yards are less expensive then the southern yards. In St. Augustine the yards are less expensive but colder.
John
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08-12-2009, 20:47
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Live Iowa - Sail mostly Bahamas
Boat: Beneteau 32.5
Posts: 2,307
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Indiantown Marina/yard is another option. You'd have to ask about the draft.
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