Greece, NY: 27 ft Catalina Gone in One Morning

A 27 ft Catalina 27 sat on wooden stands in a Monroe County yard with standing rigging seized solid and sails rotted inside their bag. The owner had walked away from it years ago, and by the time we got the call, the boat had become a fixture he couldn't ignore anymore. Sailboats on stands are different animals from trailered boats. The keel was going to have to come out at our yard, and the mast was already down, which saved us one major headache. The real obstacle was access. The boat was wedged between a garage and a fence line that didn't leave much room to maneuver a heavy-duty trailer underneath. We brought in a smaller rig first, positioned it carefully, and used a come-along to shift the stands just enough to thread the trailer in from the side. Once we had the cradle set and the boat secured, the haul took most of a morning. We routed it to the processor on the Rochester side, where the hull got broken down for fiberglass recycling and the keel was pulled for scrap metal. We cover all of Monroe County: Rochester, Irondequoit, Perinton, Henrietta, Penfield, Gates. That 27-foot Catalina in Greece moves the same week you call. Most boats around here come out of storage in spring or go back in fall, so we've got the routes dialed. You give us the address and hull condition, we quote you flat, and the crew handles the rest from there.