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Boatbuilding Operation in Brazil
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with 3000 sq. meters on waterfront, American owned Are you sure of this figure?? Doesn't seem like a very big area for a boat building venture. Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:56:57 -0700, "Steve" wrote:
with 3000 sq. meters on waterfront, American owned Are you sure of this figure?? Doesn't seem like a very big area for a boat building venture. Steve s/v Good Intentions Hmmm...32,290 sq feet. A production space of 50 feet wide and over a tenth of a mile long? Seems small? Brian W |
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"Brian Whatcott" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:56:57 -0700, "Steve" wrote: with 3000 sq. meters on waterfront, American owned Are you sure of this figure?? Doesn't seem like a very big area for a boat building venture. Steve s/v Good Intentions Hmmm...32,290 sq feet. A production space of 50 feet wide and over a tenth of a mile long? Seems small? Brian W Or 180ft by 180ft. My front yard (seems) is that big (when I'm mowing it). I think someone forgot a zero in the OP. Steve s/v Good Intentions |
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"Steve" wrote in message ... with 3000 sq. meters on waterfront, American owned Are you sure of this figure?? Doesn't seem like a very big area for a boat building venture. He is quoting in Sq meters 3,000 sq m is 32,292 sq ft thats a pretty big lot Neil |
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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 |
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It is small for a yard but maybe not for a building operation. I visited
one plant in Bristol, RI that was in a building about 80'x180'. They had a layup area and a 20'x60' post cure oven down one wall, component fabrication down the other. The 30' wide line down the middle had three 30 something sport boats and a 46' cruiser in the works with plenty of room around them to work. As I remember the parking lot was down one side and the rear yard was full of molds, enventory and a travellift. I would guess that the lot couldn't be more than 150x250 and it wasn't close to the water. -- 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 "Steve" wrote in message news 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 |
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Glenn says:
I visited one plant in Bristol, RI that was in a building about 80'x180'. They had a layup area and a 20'x60' post cure oven down one wall, component fabrication down the other. The 30' wide line down the middle had three 30 something sport boats and a 46' cruiser in the works with plenty of room around them to work. That sounds like somewhere on Broad Common Rd. I'd put my money on Barrettt Holby's shop ;-) If not, then Barry Carroll, but IIRC they were a bit bigger. Steve |
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"Stephen Baker" wrote in message ... That sounds like somewhere on Broad Common Rd. I'd put my money on Barrettt Holby's shop ;-) If not, then Barry Carroll, but IIRC they were a bit bigger. It was Carroll Marine. It may be a little bigger but not much. My estimate was based on trying to scale around the 3 Mum 30's and the Nelson Marek 46 they were building at the time. In reserching before starting Rutu I visited several plants. Barry's was about the typical size. In comparison the Beneteau plant in Marion, South Carolina is HUGE. -- 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 |
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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 ... 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 |
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