Where Can Catamarans Haul Out ?

[SY TiBay]

Date hauled: 2010
Location: Grenada
Contact info for yard: GRENADA MARINE / ST. DAVIDS
Beam of boat: 28
Type boat (cat, tri, other): cat
How hauled (e.g. Travelift, trailer, marine rail): Travellift
Remarks: reasonable priced

Date hauled: 2010
Location: Grenada
Contact info for yard: Spice Island Marine
Beam of boat: 20
Type boat (cat, tri, other): Cat
How hauled (e.g. Travelift, trailer, marine rail): Travellift
Remarks: efficient

[Olorin]

I've heard good things about this yard in Spanish Wells at the top of Eleuthera in the Bahamas

R&B Boat Yard
P.O. Box EL-27413
Spanish Wells, Bahamas
Synchro-Lift up to 70' LOA, 28' Beam, 40 tons
Railway up to 90' LOA, 22' Beam, 120 tons
rnbboatyard@gmail.com
phone: 242-333-4462
fax: 242-333-4249

[Dreaming Yachtsman]

Ok, I must confess that I have not updated my spreadsheet linked in post #27 (http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...html#post95341) of this thread in several years since I discovered the Active Captain (http://www.activecaptain.com/) online cruising database. I am a firm believer in NOT duplicating data and I have grown lazy in my older years so I will ask that this thread be closed with the recommendation that anyone looking for places to haul out a catamaran consult that database.

[97fxdwg]

Bobby's Boatyard at Simpson Lagoon on Sint Maarten. At least they're sitting in the yard and I'm guessing they made it up on the lift.

[BacaBaca]

Belle Hatchee Marina in LaBelle Florida hauls our catamarans
Have PDQ, home built 24x45, sea wind 1000
Etc
Web. www.bellehatcheemarina.com
Family owned

[carlabunga]

Hi,
Did you ever get that spread sheet together?

Carla
S/V The Mice Will Play

[fxykty]

Originally Posted by Dreaming Yachtsman

Having cruised the West Coast of Mexico and the Sea of Cortez for the past year in our FP 43' cat, I have become keenly aware that haulout facilities capable of handling multihulls are few and far between. In the three years we have owned our cat, we have been hauled at Delta Marine in Seattle, Port of Astoria, Oregon, and now Marina Seca, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico.

With help from fellow board members, I would like to compile a database of places multihulls can be hauled out. I will be house sitting this summer instead of cruising so I'll have time to put something together that may be useful to other multihull owners. The number of replies I get will determine how I package and publish the information.

If you have had your multihull hauled out and would like to provide data for this effort, please reply to this posting with the information below. (Suggest you copy the text below into your reply and then fill in the appropriate info).

Date hauled:
Location:
Contact info for yard:
Beam of boat:
Type boat (cat, tri, other):
How hauled (e.g. Travelift, trailer, marine rail):
Remarks:

Thanks in advance for your input.

??????? How is this useful? In the Auckland region alone there are over 4 yards that can haul cats, plus another 5 further north and as many heading south a bit.

It’s not that hard to get a wide-beam boat hauled in most major recreational boat markets, as many of the larger power boats have beams approaching those of most mid-sized cats. If they can take 20m boats, they can very likely take the 8-9m beam of cats.

I guess the west coast of NA doesn’t have that many cats, and I understand the Baltic states are similar, but otherwise?

As for making it usable, a searchable database by region or location (within x miles of y).

[django37]

"Ellie" at The Boat Works can take any beam. Gold Coast, Oz.

[jdazey]

Originally Posted by fxykty

??????? How is this useful? In the Auckland region alone there are over 4 yards that can haul cats, plus another 5 further north and as many heading south a bit.

It’s not that hard to get a wide-beam boat hauled in most major recreational boat markets, as many of the larger power boats have beams approaching those of most mid-sized cats. If they can take 20m boats, they can very likely take the 8-9m beam of cats.

I guess the west coast of NA doesn’t have that many cats, and I understand the Baltic states are similar, but otherwise?

As for making it usable, a searchable database by region or location (within x miles of y).

Actually, something like this is useful in North America. An updated version of the spreadsheet Cotemar posted a few years back with a "location" column would do the job. There's no need for a searchable database.


Cheers,

[wefleenor]

Date hauled: July 2017
Location: Port Angeles, WA
Contact info for yard: Platypus Marine
Beam of boat: 23' 2"
Type boat (cat, tri, other): power cat
How hauled (e.g. Travelift, trailer, marine rail): Travelift
Remarks:

Did the spreadsheet ever get created and distributed?

[EarlWer]

Originally Posted by jdazey

Actually, something like this is useful in North America. An updated version of the spreadsheet Cotemar posted a few years back with a "location" column would do the job. There's no need for a searchable database.Cheers,

Actually, it's remarkably easy to combine a searchable spreadsheet with a google map.

If someone wants to create the list, I can create the map and grant editing rights to whoever is interested.

[jdazey]

Originally Posted by wefleenor

Date hauled: July 2017
Location: Port Angeles, WA
Contact info for yard: Platypus Marine
Beam of boat: 23' 2"
Type boat (cat, tri, other): power cat
How hauled (e.g. Travelift, trailer, marine rail): Travelift
Remarks:

Did the spreadsheet ever get created and distributed?

Here is a link to Cotemar's last spreadsheet from Feb, 2017:


https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...0&d=1487619758


And here is the link to the thread:


https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...es-103023.html


I expect Cotemar will not object if someone wants to update and/or reformat the information.

[mikereed100]

Originally Posted by fxykty

??????? How is this useful? In the Auckland region alone there are over 4 yards that can haul cats, plus another 5 further north and as many heading south a bit.

It’s not that hard to get a wide-beam boat hauled in most major recreational boat markets, as many of the larger power boats have beams approaching those of most mid-sized cats. If they can take 20m boats, they can very likely take the 8-9m beam of cats.

I guess the west coast of NA doesn’t have that many cats, and I understand the Baltic states are similar, but otherwise?
.

I suspect there are a much larger percentage of cats in Australia and NZ than most of the rest of the sailing world and that the infrastructure reflects that. As mentioned above, most recreational boating centers have facilities that can haul a cat, but these become scarce south of Mexico. In many of the areas we have been in the Pacific the only options available to cats are yards catering to the commercial fleet. Now that Alwoplast has closed it's doors for the foreseeable future, I am not aware of any yard on the west coast of South America that can haul a cat. In fact, I can't think of any yard between Puerto Vallarta and Tierra del Fuego that could haul us with our 26' beam.

[torrmundi]

I've been updating Cotemar's information continuously. I've just uploaded it to the Miscellaneous Document section of the Library. In response to those who believe it is unnecessary, the lift capabilties (width and length) vary considerably as to what boat beam and LOA can be lifted. Some facilities will not suffice for bigger boats (I can personally attest!).

[LeeV]

Originally Posted by torrmundi

I've been updating Cotemar's information continuously. I've just uploaded it to the Miscellaneous Document section of the Library. In response to those who believe it is unnecessary, the lift capabilties (width and length) vary considerably as to what boat beam and LOA can be lifted. Some facilities will not suffice for bigger boats (I can personally attest!).

I must be an idiot, or old age is finally getting to me. I’ve looked at the misc docs section of the library and don’t see your upload! Jeesh....