Haul-out & travel lift
Boat Haul-Out in Anacortes & La Conner
100 tons at La Conner · 24/7 emergency
Around the clock
Boats do not choose their moment
Grounding, flooding, a failed shaft seal, a hull breach. We run the lift at whatever hour it is needed — call (360) 610-7577 first and sort the paperwork afterwards.
The lift working after dark at ESI South
In the slings under work lights
Essential Shipyard hauls at two yards on the Salish Sea: ESI North on Skyline Way in Anacortes, and ESI South on McGlinn Island in La Conner, where we run a 100-ton travel lift. Pleasure and commercial vessels, sail and power, from the San Juans to Puget Sound.
What a haul-out includes
Lift, pressure wash and blocking, with the hull available for survey, paint, running gear or repair. We handle survey haul-outs for buyers and insurers, short hauls for a quick bottom inspection, and long-term blocking for boats in refit.
24/7 emergency haul-out
Boats do not choose their moment. We run emergency haul-out around the clock at (360) 610-7577 — grounding, flooding, a failed shaft seal, a hull breach. If your boat is taking on water, call first and sort the paperwork later.
While she is out
Because both yards are full-service, the boat does not have to move again. Bottom paint, Hempel Silic One silicone foul-release, topside refinishing in our own booth, fiberglass and composite repair, Yanmar repowers, running gear, and thrusters and stabilizers all happen on the same hard.
Out of the water
In the slings
Commercial and pleasure, sail and power. The lift takes the weight, the boat comes up, and the first thing anyone sees is the truth about the bottom — so we wash straight away, while growth is still soft and comes off in one pass instead of being ground into the gelcoat.
And a 200-ton hydraulic trailer
The lift sets the haul-out limit, not the trailer. We haul to 100 tons; once a vessel is out of the water, a 200-ton self-propelled hydraulic trailer takes it anywhere in the yard — under cover, into the paint shop, or into long-term blocking. Where the lift sets a boat down is not where it has to stay, and that is what makes a long refit practical rather than a logistics problem.
On the trailer at ESI South
Moving a trawler across the yard
Survey haul-outs for buyers and insurers, short hauls for a quick look, and long-term blocking for boats in refit.
No lay days while we are working
As long as we are working on the vessel, we do not charge lay days.
You are not paying storage on a boat we have not finished.
Lay days start when the work stops.
Where we work
Puget Sound, the San Juans and the whole of the Salish Sea
ESI North in Anacortes and ESI South on the Swinomish Channel at La Conner sit in the middle of the cruising ground rather than at the end of it. Boats come to us from the length of Puget Sound, down from British Columbia and out of the San Juan Islands — and they sit in the same water our coatings are tested in, with the same currents, the same fouling pressure and the same season our customers run in.
The length of Puget Sound
Everett is a short run and Seattle an easy one, and boats come down from British Columbia as well. Where a vessel should not make the passage on its own bottom, we move it overland — two hydraulic trailers, 60‑ton and 200‑ton, and crews who run them.
The San Juan Islands
We still service the islands, and they are our own back yard. An island boat is hauled, worked and back in the water without a long delivery at either end of the job.
Tribal fisheries
ESI South leases from the Swinomish Nation at McGlinn Island. We haul and maintain tribal fishing vessels alongside the cruising fleet, on the same standard and the same schedule discipline.
Free for every customer
A complimentary 18-point inspection
An expert technician tests the boat’s systems and writes up every point as Excellent, Good, Monitor, Attention or Critical — a written report telling you what is sound, what to keep an eye on, and what has to be dealt with before she goes back in the water. Free with every job.
EXCELLENT
GOOD
MONITOR
ATTENTION
CRITICAL
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