Delivery charges?

[Tiger Rag]

When I used to deliver yachts (late eighties - early nineties) the rough rule of thumb was £1 / nautical mile plus, reasonable, expenses. What are people charging nowadays?

Thanks in advance for any responses.

Russell.

 

[david36]

£2 per mile plus kitty for fuel and any fees. This is for a good quality outfit of three experienced and qualified folk who do an excellent job of prep'ing before and cleaning up the boat after delivery. You can get cheaper.

Good luck.

 

[JerryHawkins]

Sample recent quote

Recently had a quote for 600NM delivery trip - £1,800 estimated all-in unless extra delays due to bad weather. This was based on £200 per day plus expenses.

Cheers,

Jerry

 

[alant]

Depends upon distance, season & boat.
Will go from £1/Nm upward. The longer the passage, the lower the cost/mile will become on a similar boat. Also, some of this cost/mile may be paying crew.

£200/day is a 'b----y' good fee to get.

Powerboats will demand a greater cost, but usually the time is less.

Expenses etc will be on top usually, however, delivering a new boat from France to Caribbean in December, will be an all in fee of about £3000 out of which the skipper must pay for tools/EPIRB/fuel/oil/engine spares/all food/possibly liferaft/ etc, leaving a net fee of about £1500 (if lucky).
Repatriation may also not always be included!(beware of this, since skipper is responsible for repatriating crew & for any debts crew have at a Port of call).
If for 'any' reason the boat is lost, there will be a claw back of fees advanced.

Boat will be inspected at destination & can be rejected as not 'up to standard' in appearance/cleanliness/etc, & fee will again be removed or cropped.