Boat transport to Ireland?

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My brother wants to move his Sadler 26 from the East coast UK to the Shannon. He hasn't got time to take her by sea so we're looking at road transport. Any guesses at a cost (ballpark) and possible recommendation for a delivery company?
 
Expensive because of the ferry and extra time. As a start East coast to Wales would be in the order of £800-1000 then add ferry and mileage on the other side. With a boat that size look for somebody with a flatbed and HIAB. Asking the yard where the boat is based should throw somebody local up. Google boat transport locally will also probably get leads. Do not be surprised if the total cost including lifts and mast step to be well over £2000.
 
Tranona said:
Expensive because of the ferry and extra time. As a start East coast to Wales would be in the order of £800-1000 then add ferry and mileage on the other side. With a boat that size look for somebody with a flatbed and HIAB. Asking the yard where the boat is based should throw somebody local up. Google boat transport locally will also probably get leads. Do not be surprised if the total cost including lifts and mast step to be well over £2000.
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Thanks.
 
If you're outside the normal car measurements ferries charge by the metre. IIRC it was in the region of £30/m Holyhead to Dublin (and you'll need to get the truck back). I guess the HGV companies negotiate a discount but the list price should be on the Stena or Irish Ferries web site.

Might be more cost-effective to sell the boat and buy another on the Shannon.
 
It is a long way to the Shannon by sea anyway, perhaps worth enquiring with transport companies at the destination, I suspect there are more Irish trucks going to England than the reverse and they would not be frightened by an unfamiliar sounding destination.
 
Would it not be cheaper to truck it to Wales then sail across in a day with the option of hiab in Ireland or the Royal Canal from Dublin?
 
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Tranona said:
Expensive because of the ferry and extra time. As a start East coast to Wales would be in the order of £800-1000 then add ferry and mileage on the other side. With a boat that size look for somebody with a flatbed and HIAB. Asking the yard where the boat is based should throw somebody local up. Google boat transport locally will also probably get leads. Do not be surprised if the total cost including lifts and mast step to be well over £2000.
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I agree, except that I'd be quite surprised if it was that cheap. East coast to Wales is probably a one day job: load up, drive across, unload, home. East coast to the Shannon will probably be three: (1) Load up, drive across England and Wales, take ferry (2) drive across Ireland, unload, drive back to ferry port (3) take ferry, drive back across England and Wales and might well be four. So that's three or four times the UK delivery cost, plus accommodation, plus ferry.
 
colind3782 said:
My brother wants to move his Sadler 26 from the East coast UK to the Shannon. He hasn't got time to take her by sea so we're looking at road transport. Any guesses at a cost (ballpark) and possible recommendation for a delivery company?
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By road to Milford Haven, sail across to Dublin, mast down, Royal Canal to the Shannon?
 
Try calling Alistair Adams, Euroboat Transport based in Scotland (tele: 01555 890923 or mob: 07920859141) the most competitive mover I have found and used him to and from France with no problems.
Cheers, dcr
 
JumbleDuck said:
By road to Milford Haven, sail across to Dublin, mast down, Royal Canal to the Shannon?
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If only someone had thought of that before, maybe in post #6, for example. Though MH is not the ideal Welsh port: Time-wise Holyhead is just as quick by road, doesn't have the tidal issues for the crossing and only 12 hrs from Dublin.
 
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Quiddle said:
If only someone had thought of that before, maybe in post #6, for example. Though MH is not the ideal Welsh port: Time-wise Holyhead is just as quick by road, doesn't have the tidal issues for the crossing and only 12 hrs from Dublin.
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Oops. Did you add the Royal Canal suggestion in your edit?
 
JumbleDuck said:
Oops. Did you add the Royal Canal suggestion in your edit?
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Such cynicism! My edit was 12 hours before your 1st post on the thread and was to capitalise Royal Canal. As an apologetic Englishman I feel a bit uncomfortable about the use of the word "royal" in relation to Irish matters and pondered, perhaps for too long, on its use.
 
colind3782 said:
Google shows the Royal Canal has a max depth of 1.2m. If that's the max, even a bilge keel might struggle depending on the minimum.
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3 versions of sadler 26, two of which can navigate RC so, statistically, worth a punt.
BTW, I prefer Irish Waterways data, rather than Google: the latter told me the supermarket on Belle Ile closed at 1915 yesterday, I arrived at 1900 to see the staff driving out of the carpark. Enforced abstinence seems so much worse than the righteous option of self-imposition .
 
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Quiddle said:
Such cynicism! My edit was 12 hours before your 1st post on the thread and was to capitalise Royal Canal. As an apologetic Englishman I feel a bit uncomfortable about the use of the word "royal" in relation to Irish matters and pondered, perhaps for too long, on its use.
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I wondered the same too. I wasn't being cynical, just wondering how I missed that point, because I remembered your post. Obviously just poor reading habits on my part. Sorry.
 
colind3782 said:
Google shows the Royal Canal has a max depth of 1.2m. If that's the max, even a bilge keel might struggle depending on the minimum.
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I checked! The Sadler 26 comes in 1.42 (fin), 1.16 (shallow) and 1.07 (bilge) variants, so it would be pretty tight, particularly since you need around 3% more fresh water than salt. The Grand Canal would be much easier, as you have to book a monthly railway bridge opening two weeks in advance on the Royal Canal, but unfortunately the Grand Canal is only 1.0m deep in Dublin.

Still, all this suggests to me that a jaunt through the Irish canals in my Drascombe might be an entertaining thing to do some time.
 
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