THUNDERBOLT MARINE FALL ACTIVITY

DATE: October 2005    

Thunderbolt Marine was a safe port of refuge for mega yachts seeking shelter from the fury of Hurricane Wilma and its descent on South Florida.  The storm warnings caused yachts underway to the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show to divert their course, and yachts already there to make a course for Thunderbolt and its safe shelter.  The TMI yard was already busy with its fall workload on yachts finishing busy summer seasons in the Med and New England and rearranged boats in the basin to utilize every foot of dock space to meet the demand.   

Thunderbolt Marine invited the crews of the yachts in the yard to a southern style BBQ lunch to trade information about the upcoming show, learn the latest news and network with other boats to plan their agenda in light of the storm.

Work at TMI this fall includes:  Azure Leisure (136’ PJ), Bellflower 88’ PJ), Carolinian (125’ Feadship), Cedar Island (110’ Broward), Dayenu (70’ Hatteras), Flying Eagle (157’ Bloemsaa & Van Breemen), Free Spirit 88’ Broward), Grenadier (98’ Burger), Horizons (103’ Expedition), Kanaloa (159’ CRN), MITseaAH (156’ Pendennis), Never Enough (130’ Feadship), Pacific Harmony (86’ Pachard), Parlay (118’ Ortona Navi) & Timoneer (147’ Vitters Ketch). 

Thunderbolt Marine Inc is a full service yacht repair facility with a 7.5 acre basin dredged to 14 ft. and over 2,000 ft of floating docks.  It serves yachts up to 200 ft with hauling capabilities of 160 tons by Travelift and 1,150 tons by Syncrolift.  Conveniently located 12 miles from the sea buoy on the Wilmington River, just outside the historic city of Savannah, TMI is an easy approach from sea with no overhead height restrictions.