Trans Atlantic Delivery Cost

[Frankie-H]

It's a long shot at 33' but will it fit into a container? If not deck cargo on a ship is still probably your best option.

Why not google 'Dimensions of a 40 ft sea freight container'

There are few general freight ships left. You could load your boat onto the top deck of a container vessel but be careful of the overhangs. You will pay for the number of containers spaces or part thereof used. ie; if you boat is over 40 ft you will pay for 2 containers. If it is over 7.5 ft as well, you will pay for 4 containers and if it is also over 7 ft wide you will end up paying for 8 containers. If you need further info please PM me.
All this plus road transport, handling and port dues. Both sides.

You might be better off to use a delivery crew or a float on float off specialist boat transporter, such as the dock express

 

[davidej]

I'm no expert on the dims of this tri, but if you took the floats off the footprint would be much less and possibly would fit in a container

 

[Bajansailor]

I think that for overall peace of mind your best plan of action would be shipping the boat back.
The overall beam appears to be about 12' when the outriggers are folded in, and she seems to be about 10 m. long, hence she will easily sit on a 40' ISO flatrack container (ie a container without the sides or roof).

If you are unlucky the shipping company might say that you also have to pay for the 2 adjacent 40' container spaces, because she is overlapping by a couple of feet on each side.

But if you are lucky, they might say they could stow the flat rack on the outside of the stack of containers on deck, perhaps with 2' overhanging the deck (it will be high up, no chance of people bashing their heads) and then you would effectively take up only 2 x 40' container spaces in total.

For general reference for YBW readers, here is some info about these trimarans.
There is one Dragonfly 1000 currently for sale in Europe on Yachtworld - http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1995/Trimaran-Dragonfly-1000-S-101204-2435175/Near-Athens/Greece

There is also one for sale in Holland, but they say 'sale pending'.....
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1999/Dragonfly-1000--2420535/Medemblik/Netherlands

And here is one for sale on the Builder's website - http://dev.dragonfly.dk/second-hand-boats/second-hand-boats/dragonfly-1000.aspx

 

[pmyatt]

Anyone have any idea how much it would cost for a skipper and crew to bring a 33ft boat back from the eastern seaboard of the US to UK south coast?

Also, ask someone like Peters and May for a shipping quote - after making allowances for wear and tear, in addition to skipper/crew/boat/fuel/equipment expenses, you might find it a worthwhile alternative.