Thanks for the advise guys! After some questions and a little research I am more hopeful for a E27 again maybe even a E29! On average what kind of money are we talking about launch and retrieve a boat?
Here you have to be careful, and it may depend on supply and demand in a particular area. The best thing is to call up a couple of places and ask for a quote.
There is one fee to haul or launch the boat - often around $400 in these parts. If they're just hauling it out to sit in their yard, that's all there is. But if you're going to haul the boat away...
Then there's another fee to step or de-step the mast. (And more if they tune it for you.) (HOW could it possibly take that kid an hour and a half, at yard rates, to unscrew eight turnbuckles?)
Then there's what they call a "trailer fitting fee" for the time spent making small adjustments to get the boat sitting just right on the trailer.
Oh, and did the yard manager come out of the office to shake your hand? Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a fee for that too.
Well, in short, I've seen (power) boats roll up and get launched in a few minutes for a couple of hundred bucks. But after all of the above, I got soaked for more than a thousand to have my boat hauled out and put on the trailer. Maybe half that much to have it put back in.