P435-MTG
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The times are a changing.. possibility!?
I need a bit of advice as to how to bring my Princess 435 back from east Spain..
It feels strange to say this, but the wife has no disire to sit on planes anymore. What seemed a economical floating holiday home in the sun could be out of our reach if airfares go up in the future.
The options as i see them are to do nothing, pay for a boat we cant use for possibly the whole of this summer/year or bring her home either by road, canal or by sea/ship.
I know nothing about putting my boat on a ship, but ive had a company quote 6-6.5k, to get her from Valencia to the Humber. (Recommendations welcome)
Had quotes from road transporters from between 8.5k - 12k. (Recommendations welcome)
Ive sailed to the north sea from the med before but never on a motorboat. My Princess 435 has no log of gallon usage per hour of what i can find. She has TAMD61A 306hp volvos but i would have been only guessing if i had to workout how much it would cost to passage round the bottom and back up to the Ouse. At say 10-15knots (anyone know what the fuel cost are for a trip like this)
Before this covid-19 The French cannals were the most involved scenario id looked in to. Spending as long as possible navigating thought most of the food and drink on offer along the way.
But even with the radar arch and windscreen off the boat would seem to be around 3.5m
The max height on many of the routes. As well as people telling me id be forever replacing impellers etc. due to her draft being a aound 1 m.
(If anyone has done the canals in a Princess 435 or similar id love to hear from you)
Thanks MTG
I need a bit of advice as to how to bring my Princess 435 back from east Spain..
It feels strange to say this, but the wife has no disire to sit on planes anymore. What seemed a economical floating holiday home in the sun could be out of our reach if airfares go up in the future.
The options as i see them are to do nothing, pay for a boat we cant use for possibly the whole of this summer/year or bring her home either by road, canal or by sea/ship.
I know nothing about putting my boat on a ship, but ive had a company quote 6-6.5k, to get her from Valencia to the Humber. (Recommendations welcome)
Had quotes from road transporters from between 8.5k - 12k. (Recommendations welcome)
Ive sailed to the north sea from the med before but never on a motorboat. My Princess 435 has no log of gallon usage per hour of what i can find. She has TAMD61A 306hp volvos but i would have been only guessing if i had to workout how much it would cost to passage round the bottom and back up to the Ouse. At say 10-15knots (anyone know what the fuel cost are for a trip like this)
Before this covid-19 The French cannals were the most involved scenario id looked in to. Spending as long as possible navigating thought most of the food and drink on offer along the way.
But even with the radar arch and windscreen off the boat would seem to be around 3.5m
The max height on many of the routes. As well as people telling me id be forever replacing impellers etc. due to her draft being a aound 1 m.
(If anyone has done the canals in a Princess 435 or similar id love to hear from you)
Thanks MTG