tampa florida area boatyard recommendations

[mwybo]

Hi, can anyone recommend a boatyard in the Tampa area. I am looking for low key, not fancy, and inexpensive and the ability to do my own work. I realise that this may not be realistic but what have you got that comes close ?

Thanks

Mike

[Kurt Voss]

Mike,

I may be looking for exactly the same thing in the Tampa area sometime soon. Have you had any luck?

Here's a link to some photos of the boat my wife and I are restoring, which is now in Galveston, Texas: http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/kdv0707/CHANCE%20Jan%2007/

All the best with your search.

Kurt

[mwybo]

Kurt, no responses so far and I haven't found anything interesting.

That's a great looking boat you've got there.

Mike

[pipefitter]

There is one that I know of that is on the Alafai River in Gibsonton. It is right off of Highway 41 just south of Tampa. I will see if I remember to ask the name of it or if it is still in business. I mounted a tower on a 40+ft Gulfstream there some time back and that guy was doing his own work as were several other boats.

This might be the place:

Inter-Bay Moorings
6210 Ohio Avenue
813-677-2739

Apollo Beach Marina 1335 Apollo Beach Blvd. Apollo Beach • 813-645-0720

[Kurt Voss]

Many thanks.

Mike--Here's a yard I stumbled across on the internet: http://www.jeanstreetshipyard.com/. I don't know anyone with first-hand knowledge of the place, but it looks interesting. I thought I might put CHANCE there until I'm ready to rig and sail her (lots of work to be done below decks, including an electrical system and engine).

Kurt

[Gulfcoastbreeze]

Try Snead Island, just south of Tampa Bay in Palmetto. I think they will let you do your own work, plus they are capable of just about everything.

GCB