Yacht Shipping to Western Canada

[global_odyssey]

As part of a relocation in late 2004, we want our yacht to come with us to British Columbia.
What is a reasonable cost to ship her there? - we've had ball-park estimates of £8K to £10K+. These seem rather excessive - surely if a big ship is heading that way anyway, our 4 tonne boat (OK 7 tonnes with flat rack container) isn't going to make a lot of difference!

If anyone has experience of shipping boats to the Pacific NW (US/Canada), I would welcome your suggestions.

(Our boat is LOA 31'8" (including cradled masts) , beam 9'3", draft 4'3", O'A height approx 10'6" to top of cradled masts, net weight 3700 kg, shipping weight approx. 4500kg + cradle/flat container)

PS. Sailing is not really an option - I wish to remain happily married! Anyway, the Pacific Coast is too far to spare the time (and I'm not ready to die!)



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[Deep_6]

See Shipping Ships on page 2 of this forum which maybe of help.

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[BrendanChandler]

I have no idea as to the cost of shipping but if it becomes prohibitive and you want to consider having her delivered by sea, I am a delivery skipper and would quote you.

Good Luck

See my website

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[Deep_6]

I remembered a Norwegian Co. running regular bulk timber services from BC to Europe - including the UK - they may return with break bulk cargo's so should have plenty of deck space for a yacht - might be worth checking.
I found below their Vancouver office.

SAGA Forest Carriers Intl.
Suite 1350, 409 Granville Stre
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1T2
Canada

Telephone 1 604 684 7242
Fax 1 604 684 7240
E-Mail Addresses
All vanall@sagafc.com
Commercial vancom@sagafc.com
Operations vanops@sagafc.com



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[global_odyssey]

Thanks guys for the feedback.

I'm just getting the ball rolling by exploring options and will explore both suggestions further in due course.

We'd hate to leave our boat behind but there comes a point where cost becomes the deciding factor!

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[Twister_Ken]

I know nothing...

...but would it be feasible to sell yacht A here, buy yacht B there, and make a profit on the deal. We keep hearing about what good value boats are in N. America. Why take an 'overpriced' European yacht over there at the cost of several thousand smackers, and where it will be instantly worth less the moment it gets launched in Pacific waters?

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[PeterGibbs]

Most advice is to send it via a container vessel. Containers are reckoned in units - if you can contain your boat within a 40 foot unit (looks like it) you will be charged this amount. Handling is where the on-costs start to mount: this includes agents to see the boat into the country of landing, deal with import taxes etc. You will need a cradle suitable for hoisting and fixing in a container block - there are specialists to make these, and the container shipping lines know where to find them.

You might get away with shipping to the St Lawrence and trucking thereafter to BC.
Trucking that far is not going to be a small cost - likely 4-5 days en route. It's a long way.

I suspect containering it all the way to BC will involve a change of vessels, possibly at Houston - more cost.

I have been through the thinking with another destination country. Selling and rebuying in the new country is an option, but it tends to breaks even when you consider the cost of a broker to sell at this end and the cost of setting up the vessel the other end. If you can sell here privately, it begins to look more interesting. If you do ship, one saving you can consider, is selling the mast this end and rebuying at the destination. Depending on how you use your "container space" this could be a good move. Insurance will cost quite a lot too, and I don't think you can avoid it.

I could not say whether your quote is reasonable, but you should be prepared in any case for a substantial end to end bill. There are no rides to hitch in this business - all I know tells me you will have to pay the rate!

PWG

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