I moved from
San Francisco to St Pete 15-years ago, but used my 1970
Willard 36
trawler in SF. After 15-years of deferred
maintenance, she's ready for a major
refit. I considered
shipping her to Florida where I was hopeful I could
work a decent deal. After looking at several St Pete
boatyards, my conclusion was the rates were not materially less than
SF Bay Area. In the end, I brought my boat to Ensenada MX (70 nms south of San Diego). Given the amount of work I was having done, had I been in Florida, I would have looked at Isla Mujeres, MX. Decent access via
Cancun Airport.