That's the main draw. Several forum members have had good experiences there. My own experience, while OK sort of, because it is so hard to find such a place, shared some aspects of this (scathing) recent review:
2/13/2018
Not DIY friendly in any way.
I brought a 25' sailboat to the shipyard to bottom paint work on it myself for a six day stay. Although the cost to have it stay there was in line with other shipyards I've been to, it was the ridiculously bad management and lack of concern that makes this shipyard next to have the EPA shut them down.
1) Cramped quarters. The boats are anywhere from 3 ft to 5 ft hull to hull from each other, at least during my stay.
2) Paint over-spray and dust everywhere. The yard didn't adhere to vacuum or paint control standards and the staff was open sanding and spraying bottom paint without vacuum use or tarps. Paint was all over my boat and the ground.
3) No Bathroom use without getting the staff person to let you in each time. This was an insane attitude of distrust from the management, stating they don't trust the clients to not lose the key or to sell it to a homeless person...really? When I asked about the policy, the manager just got angry. My son was waiting ten minutes while the staffer was chatting away with another client, until I came up and interrupted them.
4) Ruined my bottom paint job due to lack of consideration and knowledge. Their lift operator put paper on their straps so that it didn't get bottom paint on them, why? The end result was the bottom paint was smeared all over the sides of my boat with large blue strap marks. I basically have to do the job all over again at a different yard. Why is this there fault? If one day for drying is not enough time to allow the paint to fully dry so that their preferred launch method doesn't tear it off or smear it, then please inform the client they need at least X number of dry days before launch. They knew dry time was an issue, thus the paper, but didn't care to consult with me, apparently due to not being their responsibility?
Just a very bad company due to be poorly run, at least for the DIY boater.
They have an all too common belief that the boat owners need them and thus deserve limited considerations while there.
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