Good place to store boat in S. Florida

[edbulmer]

Does anyone know of a good place to store a boat in southern Florida from April to Nov. Hopefully Atlantic side. Good price in or out of water.

[dohenyboy]

How big of a boat?

[virginia boy]

Glades Boat Storage is owned and operated by boaters, do it yourself boat storage, no tides, fresh water

It's far from town so you will need a car.

[edbulmer]

41 Silverton-I believe it's on the Avitar under my name. Thanks

[onestepcsy37]

indiantown is pretty popular among the snowbird cruising community. must be 100 boats stored there. a bit out of the way but the price is right.

[roetter]

Originally Posted by onestepcsy37

indiantown is pretty popular among the snowbird cruising community. must be 100 boats stored there. a bit out of the way but the price is right.

Do you have to take the mast down to get there? 77foot air draft.

[roetter]

Originally Posted by roetter

Do you have to take the mast down to get there? 77foot air draft.

Found the info. The max clearance is 48feet.

[Cheechako]

The storage yard at Canaveral was pretty reasonable. Cant work on your boat though. is that Harbortown? cant remember.

[sparrowhawk1]

If you find a protected marina to haul your boat out I would wait till the end of September (mid October would be even better) before I launched it. Unless you want to take evasive actions for every hurricane that's predicted to hit Florida.

[Boatguy30]

You can (barely) get 55' to glades from Ft Myers. the clearances on the charts are wrong for the bridges. There use to be chunks missing on the underside of the first bridge, but they they replaced the concrete beams with 6" lower! steel beams so there is that much less clearance now!

[roetter]

What to do for storing the boat for the hot humid summer? What about moisture, mildew and the like?

[Cheechako]

I did once in Ft Pierce. Took a couple weeks back in the water for one door to shut properly. I only had a couple screened ports and louvered/screen companionway doors for ventilation. It survived. I think it was too damn hot for mildew! I left the boat in June and it was too hot aboard with everything open on the hard to do anything for more than an hour. If the boat's used to Florida, I dont know that it will be worse off (as far as dampness) on the hard as on the water. Needs ventilation most.