Shipyard · Refit
Saunders Yachtworks
Family-owned Alabama yacht service company, founded in Mobile in 1959, whose main yard sits on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at Gulf Shores. It hauls yachts up to 130 ft and 27.5 ft beam and works on them under cover, mostly sportfish and motor yachts in the 20–35 m range.
Key facts
- Parent
- Private (Saunders family)
- Country
- United States
- Founded
- 1959 (Mobile, Alabama)
- Status
- Active
- Size range (LOA, m)
- approx. 9–40 (yard site: haul to 130 ft)
- Largest delivered
- not published
- Yachts delivered
- not published
Notable yachts
- Dauntless · Delta, 110 ft / 33.5 m, exterior repaint, year not published
- Betsy · Westport, 98 ft / 29.9 m, interior and exterior refit, year not published
- Lady Pamela · Hatteras, 92 ft / 28 m, hull repaint, new teak, wheelhouse refit, year not published
Services
- haul-out and bottom services
- refit
- exterior paint and varnish
- carpentry and teak decking
- diesel engine service and repowers
- gyro stabilizer installs
- electronics
- vessel systems
- fiberglass
- dockside and field service
- parts sales
- dry storage
- captain and crew transportation (yard site, undated)
- crew accommodation: not published
Haul-out
| Travel lift | Gulf Shores: 165 t Marine Travelift, max length 130 ft (39.6 m), max beam 27.5 ft (8.4 m) (yard site, undated; Megayacht News 2014); Orange Beach: 60 t travel lift (yard site, undated); All At Sea (2012) gave the Gulf Shores lift as 150 t at opening |
|---|---|
| Shiplift | not published |
| Dry / floating dock | not published |
| Max LOA handled (m) | 39.6 (130 ft; yard site, undated) |
| Max tonnage handled | 165 t (yard site, undated) |
| Sheds / berths | Gulf Shores: enclosed works building with 50 ft door height plus 13,000 sq ft covered work space; 3.5-acre service and transient basin, 8 ft depth at MLW (yard site, undated); 35,000 sq ft enclosed across both yards, up to 10 boats under cover (Megayacht News, 2014); 14 in-water slips, 965 ft waterfront (All At Sea, 2012); crew accommodation: not published |
Sources
- saundersyacht.com — https://saundersyacht.com/gulf-shores-facility/
- saundersyacht.com — https://saundersyacht.com/haul-outs/
- saundersyacht.com — https://saundersyacht.com/refits/
- megayachtnews.com — https://megayachtnews.com/2014/06/shipyard-spotlight-saunders-yachtworks/
Compiled from published sources. Figures carry their own source and date where one exists.