Hi, Ben, and list, From: "Ben Okopnik" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Charleston Boatyards info needed
> On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 12:12:35PM -0400, [email protected] wrote: >> >> You might look at Beaufort SC and Georgetown as they are both pretty >> close by car from Charleston. > > If Georgetown is at all acceptable, I strongly suggest calling Ronnie > Campbell. He's got a railway right on the waterfront, is honest as the > day is long, very fair, and a _very_ knowledgeable seaman. If I could > somehow make sure that all my future haul-outs happened at Ronnie's, I'd > pay extra for the privilege. He also runs the local TowBoat/US, so he's > pretty easy to find. > > If you're just north of Charleston, and need mechanical service - I > don't think they do haul-outs, though - the Isle of Palms Marina now > employs an acquaintance of mine, Mike. He's a good ol' Southern boy who > understands engines better than almost anyone I've ever met. > > Say 'hi' to those guys for me if you meet'em. :) Good people both. > > We're just now starting our research, thanks to info received from the several places I've put up the question, and will be sending a boilerplate letter detailing our needs to every yard we find. Do you have a yard name for Ronnie? The only point to our being in C'town is immediate access, particularly since we may have a transportation issue, so far-flung yards probably won't get a nod, but I'll check them as well. We're also realizing that it's only an under-2-day sail from Fernandina to CSC, and, if we find that the costs are prohibitive by comparison, we'd do that, instead, as my initial expectation that we'd want the boat there during the festivities is now becoming much more attractive to Lydia once she realized the difference in going to CSC over Fernandina on our exit from the Bahamas - and, for that matter, if we decide to do the Bermuda transit to the EC instead of returning directly to the Bahamas afterwards. As I did when I was doing the search which resulted in our going to Tiger Point (all FL and SGA yards), once I've found out the info, I'll put it up here and the other places as well, regardless of whether we use any of them. L8R Skip Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand. You seek problems because you need their gifts." (Richard Bach, in Illusions - The Reluctant Messiah) _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
