Hello Everyone. Is there a resource which lists haul out facilities in the Great Lakes? I am looking for an 80T or better lift, which can handle a 65' boat with a 24' beam. The closer to Lake St. Clair the better. Thanks.
We bought our current boat in Algonac at Colony Marine. It's a large facility (believe old Chris Craft shop), however I don't recall how big of a travel lift they had. They were super helpful... may be worth a call. Max
https://www.lakestclairguide.com/service/michigan-harbor-marina/ https://boatplanet.com/mi/lake-st-clair/boat-transport/boat-haul-out
Two come to mind. 1st is Jefferson Beach Marina ( Viking Dealer) 2nd maybe Sassy's at bit farther north.
The above two marinas are 80 T lifts but your beam is to big for them. The biggest Marine lift in Lake Ontario is Harbour West in Hamilton Ontario which is thirty miles west of Welland Canal has a 80 T lift but you beam is to big for them. In Hamilton Harbour is Heddle Shipyards which has floating drydock http://heddleshipyards.com/ In Toronto Harbour is Toronto Drydock which also has floating drydock https://www.torontodrydock.com/ A bit out of your way is Burger Boats in Manitowoc WI my contact at Burger gave me another place which would be cheaper than them but he said if you are stuck they would lift you. Grand Idle Marine Grand Grand Haven MI 616 842 9330 Their lift is 165 ton
I'm afraid there is nothing in SW Ontario that will accommodate that beam. Rodger would know what is near the GTA area.
Interesting thought, They're a commercial builder in Wheatley Ont on LK Erie. They certainly build that big.
Did you ever sort this out? The Multi Hull Club in the portlands, Toronto, picks up cats w their crane. We picked up 4 boats this winter w a crane at Port Credit Harbour Marina and this crane service gets cheaper as we divide the cost by more boats. There's a Conolift somewhere in Lake Erie on the Canadian side but I still have not located it. I'm currently looking for a catamaran haul-out somewhere between Detroit and Georgian Bay for a Lagoon 42.
as you find haul-outs for cats, this is one place to list them....https://torrmundi.blogspot.com/p/wide-beam-haul-out-facilities.html
Right across from Brands, the Jet Express bought a 100T lift that we have used to pull out some of the Yachts that we transport back and forth from the Great Lakes to Florida every year. Works perfectly and have had great success with it.
Gets interesting once you get over a threshold of size on the Great Lakes as to what marine services can handle you. My big issue is height as I have a very fixed radar arch mounted to the hard top that kissed its way through the Erie Canal, and became a challenge for indoor winter storage when its 29ft height on a lift or trailer to pass through the building door. Seemed a lot of indoor buildings have a standard size garage door of 24' to 28', had to go to Ohio Skipperbuds with 30' door. One resource that wasn't mentioned is Neptunus Yachts in St. Catharines, wonder if they have the capacity for future reference as they handle some good size new builds.