Boat Haul Out in Sag Harbor
Every fall, the same thing happens on the East End. Owners wait for a warm October weekend, then call three yards in the same week and find out everyone is booked. A boat haul out in Sag Harbor is not a service you want to arrange under pressure, because the yard sets the calendar once the rush starts, not you. At Yacht Hampton Boating Club and Marina on Pine Neck Avenue, we haul, power wash, and block boats on land for $300, and that same fee carries through to your spring launch and wash next season. Call or text 631-500-7777 and we will put you on the schedule.
What the $300 Covers, and What It Does Not
Most yards quote a boat haul out number, then add line items you find out about later. Ours is published on our rates and services page and it is one number for four steps.
The lift and the power wash
We lift the boat out and pressure wash the hull the same day it comes out of the water. That timing is not a detail, it is the whole job. Barnacles and slime come off easily while they are still wet. Let them dry on the hull for two days and they cement themselves to your gelcoat, which means sanding, which means a bigger bill. Yards that stage boats in a lot and wash them later are creating work that you eventually pay for.
Blocking on land
The boat goes onto stands and blocks in our yard. Weight sits on the keel and the stands steady the hull, which is the arrangement your hull was designed to handle over a long winter.
Spring launch and wash
This is the part owners tend to miss. The $300 is not a haul out fee, it is a haul and launch fee. Your spring launch and wash next season are inside the same number. You are not going to get a second invoice in April for putting the boat back where it started.
What sits outside it
Storage on the hard is billed separately at $75 per measured linear foot. Shrink wrapping runs $35 per foot plus a $30 recycling fee. Winterization is $600 labor plus parts for an outboard and $990 labor plus parts for an inboard or stern drive. We would rather you see all of it in advance than discover it in an invoice.
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The Charges Other Yards Do Not Put on Their Website
Ask any owner who has been through a haul out season somewhere else. The complaints are always about the same three things.
Lay days
A lay day is a daily charge for a boat sitting on the hard while no one is working on it. Rates at Northeast yards run anywhere from ten dollars a day to a hundred and fifty. If your yard is waiting on a part, or waiting on your insurance paperwork, or simply busy, the meter is often still running. Ask about it at any yard you call, including this one, and get the answer in writing. Our winter storage is priced at $75 per measured linear foot and we will walk you through your total before your boat leaves the water.
Growth surcharges
Some yards add a fee if your hull arrives with heavy growth, and a few will make you hire a diver to clean it at the dock before they will lift you. We wash what comes out. If your bottom is genuinely rough, we will tell you on the phone before haul day rather than after.
The paint markup question
If your haul out includes bottom work, ask any yard what they charge per gallon and whether you may bring your own. Plenty of yards mark paint up sharply and forbid outside product. We quote bottom paint as $500 labor plus material for boats under 25 feet, and we will tell you the material cost before we open a can. Boats over 25 feet get a written quote, because the surface area and the paint volume both change.
Timing Your Boat Haul Out on Mill Creek
Why September beats October here
The East End boat haul out season compresses into about five weeks. Everyone wants the same three weekends, and the yards on this creek fill from the top. Booking in September rather than late October is the difference between choosing your date and taking what is left. It also means your boat is out before the first hard blow, which is when uncovered boats take on rainwater.
Our creek, and what it means for the lift
We sit on Mill Creek in Noyac, in a protected cove roughly three miles from Sag Harbor village. The creek is calm water, which makes a haul straightforward, but the approach is shallow. We handle boats from 13 to 57 feet with up to a five foot draft. If you are near that draft, call us and we will talk through the tide for your haul day rather than have you sit and wait on the water.
We are a small yard, and that is the point
There is a much larger marina further up this same creek. We have 26 slips. The tradeoff is real and we will state it honestly: we are not the biggest operation on Mill Creek and we do not pretend to be. What you get instead is that the person who hauls your boat is reachable. Text 631-500-7777 in January and you will hear back about your own boat, from someone who knows which stands it is sitting on.
After the Boat Is Blocked
Winter is not a five month blackout. You can come see your boat, get into it, pull gear, and check on it. Ask us and we will get you access. Owners are often surprised that this needs asking, and at plenty of yards it does.
If your boat is going under shrink wrap, ask us about venting before wrap day. Most winter mold is not caused by cold, it is caused by moisture sealed inside on the day the wrap goes on. Vents fix it, and we install them as standard.
Book Your Haul Out
Call or text 631-500-7777, or email captain@yachthampton.com. We will confirm your boat's length, walk you through what your total is going to be across haul, storage, wrap, and winterization, and give you a boat haul out date. Estimates are free.
Yacht Hampton Boating Club and Marina, 51 Pine Neck Ave, Sag Harbor, NY 11963.
