Where to slip a 20m 50 tonne boat in the western Med?

[sailor22]

I have an interest in slipping a boat of 20m and about 50 tonnes somewhere between Sardinia and Gibraltar.

We need to slip, dry dock or floating dock her because her design might not allow a Travelhoist lift.

Does the community have any ideas where we might be succesful for about 3 weeks before April?

 

[Downsman]

I appreciate that the location may not be ideal but Manoel island yacht Yard, Malta, has the facilities to deal with your boat. Once the Royal Navy Yard (many moons ago) they still had the old slipways in use for some big private motor yachts when I was there and they seemed to be quite used to dealing with larger vessels. No language problems and if you need to the airport is a quick taxi ride away.

 

[westernman]

Travel hoist kind of thing suitable for 50 tonnes and up to 24m sail/motorboats at Port Leucate, South of France.

What is special about your boat which would make this unsuitable:-

http://www.leucate-port.fr/index.php/fr/presentation-port-de-leucate/travaux-et-projets/grue-de-50t

 

[mocruising]

Palma

 

[multihullsailor6]

Cartagena and Mazarron can hoist by travellift and Sotogrande has a slipway. I believe Algeciras just past Gibraltar also has a slipway.

 

[Ric]

La Ciotat - have dry docks for yachts. Also have cradle lifts, and 2000t travel lifts.

 

[jordanbasset]

The boat yard at Adra (Almeria) has a big travel lift, capable of lifting in and out large fishing trawlers etc. May be worth an e-mail

 

[Carmel2]

Barcelona http://www.mb92.com/index-en.html

 

[binch]

Slipping in Med

If you can wait until Greece,

We hauled out Hosanna several times up the beach at Nidri in Levkas.
She is 87 feet loa and displaces 65 tonnes.