NEWPORT
SHIPYARD
FOUNDED 1834
WEB newportshipyard.
com
LOCATION Newport,
Rhode Island
SPECIALTIES The yard
is equipped with
hauling capacity up
to 500 tons. With
subcontractors, up to
300 people work there
in season and plans are
on the board for
expansion.
IN THE SHEDS A 66
Gunboat, built in
South Africa, is
halfway through its
10-year refit. Coco de
Mer has been fitted
with a new lightweight
interior and rewired
with a CZone digital
control system. The
97ft 1983 yacht Sima,
built at Cantiere Santa
Margherita, was
relaunched in
September after a
top-to-bottom paint
job, engine and
carpentry work.
WWW.BOATINTERNATIONAL.COMTHUNDERBOLT MARINE
FOUNDED 1965
WEB thunderboltmarine.com
LOCATION Savannah, Georgia
SPECIALTIES Thunderbolt is a full-service, 25 acre facility on the
Wilmington River with capacity for sailing and motor yachts
up to 197ft and a Syncrolift with 1,150 ton hauling capacity.
IN THE SHEDS (and in the slips) Eleven yachts 100ft or larger –
the largest a 198ft Feadship in for paint and general
maintenance – and 20 more under 100ft are undergoing a
variety of work, from mechanical and carpentry to full paint
jobs, detailing and antifouling.MARINE GROUP
BOAT WORKS
FOUNDED 1978
WEB marinegroupbw.com
LOCATIONS San Diego and
National City, California
and Los Cabos, Mexico
SPECIALTIES From paint to
centerboard service, mast
stepping/unstepping, hull
extensions and custom
fabrications, the yard has
done it all. It now has a
propeller shop to handle
specialized calibration
works, and National City
has become the world’s
first solar powered
superyacht facility.
IN THE SHEDS Of at least
12 refits going on at once,
148ft Scout is undergoing
a swim platform extension
and full paint work and
172ft Big Eagle is back
after putting 12,000 hours
on its engines since a
2007 repower.BRADFORD MARINE
FOUNDED 1966
WEB bradford-marine.com
LOCATIONS Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Freeport, Bahamas
SPECIALTIES Bradford works mostly on motor yachts but has
the deep water access suitable for sailing superyachts in
Freeport, Bahamas, where its facility has a 1,200 ton hauling
capacity, and can dock yachts up to 400ft. The Fort Lauderdale
yard boasts 11,000 linear feet of covered in-water slips and
multiple shops for everything from engine to propeller repair.
IN THE SHEDS The yard is working on around 40 yachts from
80ft to 160ft at the moment, including a 1969 102ft Feadship, a
2001 153ft Turquoise and a 1938 Trumpy, with one project
occupying six of the yard’s workshops concurrently.