Shipyard

Winter storage & year-round repair services.
451 Main Street, Port Washington, NY 11050

516-767-SHIP (7447)
516-767-3760 (fax)
Website

Manhasset Bay Shipyard offers a full range of services, including:

•  Storage (winter and summer)
•  Winterizing, Shrinkwrap
•  Rigging
•  Engine maintenance and repair
•  Bottom painting, varnishing
•  Electronics installation and repair
•  Short hauls

History

Manhasset Bay Shipyard has probably been used as a marine facility as far back as the post-Civil War period. In 1887, Elbert Stannard, a local resident and retired clipper ship captain, started a business converting wooden warships -- made obsolete by steam engines and iron cladding -- into freight and passenger vessels. Stannard's business likely included the current shipyard property. In 1889, six wooden warships and two coastal schooners owned by Stannard burned in a spectacular fire of unknown origin off Plum Point. Today, the small creek that runs along the southern side of the shipyard is known as Stannard's Creek.