Overland (and sea) road transport from Northern Ireland to Southcoast - who does this

[superheat6k]

Can someone recommend a firm who can transport a ~7 tonne, 32' LOA, 13' beam Corvette shaped boat from Northern Ireland to Hamble area.

Just an idea of cost required presently.

Alternative option would be to sail the boat across to Liverpool, Fleetwood or possibly Stranraer, or similar and ship mainland only.

Thanks

 

[lpdsn]

Can someone recommend a firm who can transport a ~7 tonne, 32' LOA, 13' beam Corvette shaped boat from Northern Ireland to Hamble area.

Just an idea of cost required presently.

Alternative option would be to sail the boat across to Liverpool, Fleetwood or possibly Stranraer, or similar and ship mainland only.

Thanks

Partial answer:

I wouldn't recommend Stranraer. I don't believe there are lift out facilities there, although there're boats stored ashore a few miles further north up the west coast of Loch Ryan. The A75 ain't great either.

Holyhead is a possibility.

 

[Greg2]

We have transported 11m cabin RIBs from Redbay Boats in Cushendall. First time we did a sea crossing to Whitehaven where it was lifted out for road transport. Worked out a bit cheaper that way as I recall but worth doing the cost comparison yourself. Apparently Whitehaven is the usual choice - best compromise between length of sea crossing and onwards road trip.

Recently used a guy to do the whole trip by road who does much of Redbay's transport. Knows his stuff and reliable. Details are:

MJS Boat Transport - Mike Szraga
mjsboattransport@aol.com
Mob: 07979 806122

Cheers

 

[Al Dickson]

Maybe try http://jsboattransport.co.uk/

 

[SAMYL]

Why not just sail it to Hamble, it's not that far with plenty of stop-offs if required?

A lot cheaper too.

 

[superheat6k]

Thanks. The boat might not be fit for the voyage until some work has been done, but still early stages of considering just yet.