Here's a pic of one of the buildings.

http://www.avanteyachts.com/faciliti...inside_jpg.jpg

Looks like the inside of Carroll. Very depressing to see it empty. There
is something .. inspiring.. for lack of a better word, about a medium size
boatbuilding operation with a mix of custom and one designs parading down
the line. Empty it is just another building.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Caribmon" wrote in message
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Here's a pic of one of the buildings.

http://www.avanteyachts.com/faciliti...inside_jpg.jpg

Tempting but I don't speak Portuguese and there is always the basic axiom
that the way you make a million in the boatbuilding business is to start
with two. :-)

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Caribmon" wrote in message
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Lot's of room to swing a few cats in a building that is 279 feet long
and 82 feet wide. In fact, I don't think you could throw a cat from
one end to the other... and there are two more buildings next door,
the same size that we can expand into if we want.

That's a shade under 100,000 square feet under roof, on the water at
96,891 sq. feet.

Plus a few smaller outbuildings.

What do you want to build? The Queen Mary?

"Steve" wrote in message
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He is quoting in Sq meters 3,000 sq m is 32,292 sq ft thats a pretty
big
lot

Neil


Not really, that's only 180ft by 180ft.

Not hardly "room to swing a Cat"!

Maybe ok for production of a few Hoby Cat or one at a time cruising Cat.
Trust me I've managed a small boat yard and it takes more room than
needed
for the boat(s).

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

We have key people who are completely bilingual so Portuguese is not
as critical as one thinks. A lot of high end buying takes place in the
US (often factory direct and import duty free).

They key is labour. Where else are you going to get a professional
lamination crew with marine experience of five men for US$800 a month
for all of them? The lack of any EPA breathing down a builder's neck
is also cost saving.

The craftsmen here are excellent and technologically, Brazil is not in
the stone age, with a rocket going off into space last month, enriched
uranium and commercial jets that compete with Boeing and Airbus.

Ten days after picking up anchor in front of the yard, you could be in
the Caribbean with the boat - so the market is not very far.

Richard Kastelein
www.avanteyachts.com/resumes


"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:aszhd.58190$UA.23437@lakeread08...
Tempting but I don't speak Portuguese and there is always the basic axiom
that the way you make a million in the boatbuilding business is to start
with two. :-)

--
Glenn Ashmore