Sometime in the next month or two we'll be moving to the San Jose area. I'll have Moira, my CD36, trucked up there, and I'll need a rigger to step the mast, and a yard to put the old girl gently back in the water. I would appreciate any recommendations from the list on reliable yards and riggers in the South Bay area.
Larry
lshick@ibm.net
Moving to San Jose--yard and rigger needed
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Bonnie Gilmore
Re: Moving to San Jose--yard and rigger needed
Larry,Sometime in the next month or two we'll be moving to the San Jose area. I'll have Moira, my CD36, trucked up there, and I'll need a rigger to step the mast, and a yard to put the old girl gently back in the water. I would appreciate any recommendations from the list on reliable yards and riggers in the South Bay area.
Larry
No advise on the South Bay, but since the bay is the bay, recommend you seriously consider Svendsens in Alameda. They have been in business for years, seem to put quality (work/customer service) first, and were excellent to deal with during the recent haul-out of our Hans Christian (just sold our Cape Dory). There are some folks who advertise in Latitude who do rigging, electrical, and so on, but I'd be wary of the jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none syndrome. Good luck. You'll love sailing the bay!
Gilmore & Rust
HC 43, Berkeley
bgilmore@ci.santa-rosa.ca.us
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Larry Shick
Re: Moving to San Jose--yard and rigger needed
Bonnie,
I was showing my ignorance--I thought everything South of the Bay Bridge was "South Bay." Thanks for the pointer to Svendsen's.
Larry
lshick@ibm.net
I was showing my ignorance--I thought everything South of the Bay Bridge was "South Bay." Thanks for the pointer to Svendsen's.
Larry
Larry,
No advise on the South Bay, but since the bay is the bay, recommend you seriously consider Svendsens in Alameda. They have been in business for years, seem to put quality (work/customer service) first, and were excellent to deal with during the recent haul-out of our Hans Christian (just sold our Cape Dory). There are some folks who advertise in Latitude who do rigging, electrical, and so on, but I'd be wary of the jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none syndrome. Good luck. You'll love sailing the bay!
Gilmore & Rust
HC 43, Berkeley
lshick@ibm.net
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Jon Larson
Re: Moving to San Jose--yard and rigger needed
Good luck, Larry! It's been a few years since I brought PERI out here. I had South Bay Marine unload PERI from the shipping truck in Redwood City and do an inspection of all the rigging, and they stepped the mast. I did all the tuning, they were a marina who would let you do some or all of your own work.
Svendson's is clearly a gold plated marina, nobody could quibble about the work they do, but, then again, they are truly top dollar. If you are ready and prepared for the cost of housing out here, than Svendson's may be ok for you.
I had PERI rerigged by Hansen's Rigging from Alameda, Glen came over to Coyote Point, where I kept PERI, and did the rerigging job. I have no doubt he'd do a competent final tuning on your CD36 at a reasonable cost.
Indeed, I suspect the cost of having South Bay Marine unload the boat and put it in the water plus the cost of their stepping the mast plus the cost of Hansen's Rigging doing the final tuning would be less than Svendson's doing it all. Svendson's had a charge for everything.
There's a monthly, Latitude 38, that is available free from any marine place in the bay area, that has all the marinas and services advertised in it that you could imagine. It's a terrific monthly and I strongly recommend you hunt it up.
I was more than satisfied with Coyote Point Marina in San Mateo, Carol runs a well organized operation there, and the price was quite reasonable. You do want to consider the traffic getting to any marina in the area, and Redwood City was about as easy (?) a trip as I'd want to make. I'll admit that the traffic was one reason for my selling PERI.
The bay is beautiful, but, there's nothing like the gunkholing I was used to when back on the East coast, and, through the summer months, every day is small craft warnings with winds in the 25 to 30 knot range. If you like heavy sailing, this is the place, that's for sure.
Good luck with the move. I've never enjoyed living anyplace as much as I've enjoyed living in the Bay Area these past years. However, the boom times of this valley have really begun to pile up, the quality of life isn't what it was when we first came out here, the traffic is awful, and we've currently listed our house and bought a lot on the North Carolina coast and will be moving back east.
If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.
Jon (formerly CD30 PERI)
jon9@ix.netcom.com
Svendson's is clearly a gold plated marina, nobody could quibble about the work they do, but, then again, they are truly top dollar. If you are ready and prepared for the cost of housing out here, than Svendson's may be ok for you.
I had PERI rerigged by Hansen's Rigging from Alameda, Glen came over to Coyote Point, where I kept PERI, and did the rerigging job. I have no doubt he'd do a competent final tuning on your CD36 at a reasonable cost.
Indeed, I suspect the cost of having South Bay Marine unload the boat and put it in the water plus the cost of their stepping the mast plus the cost of Hansen's Rigging doing the final tuning would be less than Svendson's doing it all. Svendson's had a charge for everything.
There's a monthly, Latitude 38, that is available free from any marine place in the bay area, that has all the marinas and services advertised in it that you could imagine. It's a terrific monthly and I strongly recommend you hunt it up.
I was more than satisfied with Coyote Point Marina in San Mateo, Carol runs a well organized operation there, and the price was quite reasonable. You do want to consider the traffic getting to any marina in the area, and Redwood City was about as easy (?) a trip as I'd want to make. I'll admit that the traffic was one reason for my selling PERI.
The bay is beautiful, but, there's nothing like the gunkholing I was used to when back on the East coast, and, through the summer months, every day is small craft warnings with winds in the 25 to 30 knot range. If you like heavy sailing, this is the place, that's for sure.
Good luck with the move. I've never enjoyed living anyplace as much as I've enjoyed living in the Bay Area these past years. However, the boom times of this valley have really begun to pile up, the quality of life isn't what it was when we first came out here, the traffic is awful, and we've currently listed our house and bought a lot on the North Carolina coast and will be moving back east.
If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.
Jon (formerly CD30 PERI)
Sometime in the next month or two we'll be moving to the San Jose area. I'll have Moira, my CD36, trucked up there, and I'll need a rigger to step the mast, and a yard to put the old girl gently back in the water. I would appreciate any recommendations from the list on reliable yards and riggers in the South Bay area.
Larry
jon9@ix.netcom.com
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CMM
Re: Moving to San Jose--yard and rigger needed
I'm in a similar predicament, only in reverse. My boat is in South SF and I need to haul it out, unstep the mast for trucking south. I've been told (and confirmed this with some calls) that there are few or no yards with haulout facilities in the South Bay anymore, and that SF Boat Works http://sfsailing.com/sfboatworks/ is the closest yard to the peninsula. I have heard good things about them, and they will provide a quote via e-mail. They also have a $100 coupon on their website. Good luck!
Incidentally, if you're marina shopping, I have found Brisbane Marina in South SF to be the best kept secret. They are very very inexpensive, and though the chop on the bay may lead you to believe you will endure great hardship in braving the trip in and out, the fact is Brisbane enjoys some of the greatest weather in the bay (much better than Oyster Point). Always sunny, always protected from gusts by Mt. San Bruno. I've sailed my 28' Triton right in on occassion.
Hope this helps.
grommit@worldnet.att.net
Incidentally, if you're marina shopping, I have found Brisbane Marina in South SF to be the best kept secret. They are very very inexpensive, and though the chop on the bay may lead you to believe you will endure great hardship in braving the trip in and out, the fact is Brisbane enjoys some of the greatest weather in the bay (much better than Oyster Point). Always sunny, always protected from gusts by Mt. San Bruno. I've sailed my 28' Triton right in on occassion.
Hope this helps.
grommit@worldnet.att.net