jonlea
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Does anyone have any idea what it would cost me on a commercial basis to bring a 33ft fin keel Moody yacht back from Palma to Portsmouth, by professional skipper, or transporter or in a container?
Bringing boat back from Mallorca
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Whitelighter
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probably about £5500 on a ship. Don't know about the skipper route.
Sea Devil
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http://augizeau.online.fr/ This site is in English and French - email them for a lorry quote or Peters and May are the best UK company perhaps
Michael
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33' might be too small for yacht delivery skippers but I can personally recommend Trevor Vincett Yacht Delivery. Coombe Cottage Swannaton Road Dartmouth, United Kingdom, Tel +44 (0)7970 208799 Fax +44 (0)1803 833757 Trevor has been at sea for years - not a kid clocking up hours or trying to break records. We've used him before and would certainly use him again as first choice.
gardenshed
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budget on £1 per nautical mile plus all crew costs, i.e flights to the boat and back to their home base & provisions. Boat also takes a hammering, particularly up the portugese coast going against the trades. If there isn't much in it, put it on a truck.
jonlea
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Thanks for the advice. Obviously I need to get some quotes.
I am surprised a little that no one on this site appears to have brought a boat back from the med.
I am surprised a little that no one on this site appears to have brought a boat back from the med.
Richard10002
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I am surprised a little that no one on this site appears to have brought a boat back from the med.
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I would guess that quite a few have been to, and from, the Med. a few times, but that have sailed/cruised, rather than employing someone to do it for them.
I'm sailing to the Algarve in August, and into the Med. next year and, whilst I could do with another experienced crew member or two, I hope not to have to employ anyone.
Cheers
Richard
I am surprised a little that no one on this site appears to have brought a boat back from the med.
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I would guess that quite a few have been to, and from, the Med. a few times, but that have sailed/cruised, rather than employing someone to do it for them.
I'm sailing to the Algarve in August, and into the Med. next year and, whilst I could do with another experienced crew member or two, I hope not to have to employ anyone.
Cheers
Richard
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This particular forum isn more on practical stuff. Praps put it on scuttlebutt or even Mobo chat - proportionally, more mobos get trucked to/from med than sailing boats.
Cheapest will be to sail it. Chepest transport option will be to sail to french med coast (probably Leucate) ,then truck to northern fr coast.
Cheapest will be to sail it. Chepest transport option will be to sail to french med coast (probably Leucate) ,then truck to northern fr coast.
Sea Devil
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Thanks for the advice. Obviously I need to get some quotes.
I am surprised a little that no one on this site appears to have brought a boat back from the med.
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Its not the Med that's the problem - it's Palma that is the problem - There are lots of professional skippers that will do it. Getting it sent in a container or on deck by ship is probably a very expensive way.. The Lorry option from the Med to Northern France or the UK is used daily by dozens of boats... hundreds of boats on the backs of lorries. The problem is that if you factor in another Ferry journey for the lorry from Palma to the mainland it starts to get expensive and time consuming for the haulage co.
You actually need to take the boat to any mainland Spain marina with a travel lift and get it picked up by the french co I recommended and 'tipped' at a north French port on the channel coast... Le Havre, Calais - whatever.. The cost will reduce dramatically... The organisation you have to put into the job is to have somebody to put the boat into the travel lift at the Spanish end and somebody to move the boat out at the French end... Or speak to the haulage co... I have had them do it all for me in certain circumstances.
Michael
Thanks for the advice. Obviously I need to get some quotes.
I am surprised a little that no one on this site appears to have brought a boat back from the med.
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Its not the Med that's the problem - it's Palma that is the problem - There are lots of professional skippers that will do it. Getting it sent in a container or on deck by ship is probably a very expensive way.. The Lorry option from the Med to Northern France or the UK is used daily by dozens of boats... hundreds of boats on the backs of lorries. The problem is that if you factor in another Ferry journey for the lorry from Palma to the mainland it starts to get expensive and time consuming for the haulage co.
You actually need to take the boat to any mainland Spain marina with a travel lift and get it picked up by the french co I recommended and 'tipped' at a north French port on the channel coast... Le Havre, Calais - whatever.. The cost will reduce dramatically... The organisation you have to put into the job is to have somebody to put the boat into the travel lift at the Spanish end and somebody to move the boat out at the French end... Or speak to the haulage co... I have had them do it all for me in certain circumstances.
Michael
jonlea
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Thanks for your input, Michael. It's very useful.
I tried emailing the french company twice, once on their quote submission form and second a direct email but both bounced back on me. I will phone them tomorrow instead.
Thanks again all for your repsonses
I tried emailing the french company twice, once on their quote submission form and second a direct email but both bounced back on me. I will phone them tomorrow instead.
Thanks again all for your repsonses
Solitaire
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I've just put in a quote for bringing a mobo back from Palma - £4,600 (ish!) inc VAT, for 2 crew allowing 10 days. Yacht would be a different price for crew as it would take longer. Costs exclude all flights/travel, berthing and subsistence. The biggest cost on the trip in a mobo of course would be fuel.
You have to allow for layup time as well - weather, mechanical breakdown etc. Some companies charge for layup time after 1st 24 hours. In our case layup time is only charged if it exceeds quoted time of original trip.
You have to allow for layup time as well - weather, mechanical breakdown etc. Some companies charge for layup time after 1st 24 hours. In our case layup time is only charged if it exceeds quoted time of original trip.
thefatlady
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I agree that the cheapest way is by mainland truck avoiding the ferries.
Some 7 years ago, I shipped a 47 footer back from Baie des Anges to Poole by truck. I used Bugler. I thought they were pricey and I was not impressed by the service.
The following year, I took it from Hamble to Cherbourg, got it lifted on to a truck and taken to St. Cyprien. Much cheaper, fast and efficient. I used TransYachting who were excellent.
Contact details are:
TRANSYACHTING
ZA des Sept Perthuis
35416 - SAINT MALO
FRANCE
Tel : (33) 02.99.21.15.16
Fax: (33) 02.99.21.15.22
Some 7 years ago, I shipped a 47 footer back from Baie des Anges to Poole by truck. I used Bugler. I thought they were pricey and I was not impressed by the service.
The following year, I took it from Hamble to Cherbourg, got it lifted on to a truck and taken to St. Cyprien. Much cheaper, fast and efficient. I used TransYachting who were excellent.
Contact details are:
TRANSYACHTING
ZA des Sept Perthuis
35416 - SAINT MALO
FRANCE
Tel : (33) 02.99.21.15.16
Fax: (33) 02.99.21.15.22