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• Planning ahead: Ft. Lauderdale boatyard recommendations?
  • Trucking vs. ship
    • Yes, but that is a substantial difference in cost.
  • I have a friend in Lauderdale, has lots of commerical connections
    • Reliable and caring yard only.
      • I should add, with the criteria specced in the OP.
        • Go it....
  • Wow, sounds like Dockwise rates have skyrocketed...
    • $22,000.00. The same to Vancouver in 2005
      • Sorry, the Admiral says $14,000.00
    • Hey Jon, my son is on a USN ship version of Dockwise called an 'MLP'
      • Wow! What they gonna haul?
        • At first those big hovercraft, then --
    • I was thinking the same thing
  • Golfito Costa Rico to Victoria Canada
    • That sounds like a good plan but no longer possible with Dockwise...
      • Damn! You could 3 years ago.
      • DDW- Have you considered United Yacht Transport?
        • I would be leery of a company new to this business...
          • I thought your home port was to be in the Pacific Northwest.
          • True, no track record as a company, but...
            • Great picture, Charlie!
              • Thx, Placed 2nd, learned I had bad pump plumbing design
  • Jon...look at River Bend Marine center
  • shipping to northwest
    • Good point...
    • Was originally thing of this, but there are not many trucks based in Galveston...
  • The biggest and best
  • Well ... I can tell you who NOT to go to ... Cracker Boy, NO WAY ...
    • You should write up a review for
      • Thanks Doug ... will do ... on my list ...
    • That's very sad to hear. I worked in Cracker Boy's in Ft Pierce for six weeks in 81
  • I would consider the Hinckley Yard in Stuart ...
    • ditto my comment, above.
      • That yard put a part in wrong that cost me a lot of grief and $s,
  • For a real adventure ...
  • Thanks for the suggestions - I will look into them!