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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:SAILING
Notice:Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:UNIFIX::BERENS
Created:Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2299
Total number of notes:20724

472.0. "NY to SF trucking" by PILOU::HEYER () Mon Jan 26 1987 13:54

    Boat transportation...
    Hello everybody...
    We will need to transport a certain number of sail-boats from New-York
    to San-francisco by the road... typical size of boats is 47 feet
    long, and it is center-board boats.
    Does anybody have idea about...
    	- What could be the price of such operation,
    	- Up to what size the operation is possible, regardless of the
    type of road used to do that trip..
    
    In addition if you could give me some transport companies addresses,
    I 'll be glad as well, to ask them about the operation.
    
    				thanks for inputs,
    

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472.1expensivePULSAR::BERENSAlan BerensMon Jan 26 1987 14:284
In late 1979 we paid $4000 to have a 32' boat trucked from Seattle to 
Gloucester. I suspect that the cost today to transport a 47' boat from 
NY to SF would be substantially more. 

472.2Brownell BoatworksTILLER::SEARSPaul Sears, SHR1-4/D27, 237-3783Mon Jan 26 1987 16:258
Try Brownell Boatworks, Matapoisett, MA. (617) 758-3774, ask for
Tom Brownell, the president (tell him i sent you) or Liz, who is the
dispatcher for their transportation fleet. 

Better yet, i'll sail one back for you :-)

paul

472.3Try theseNECVAX::RODENHISERMon Jan 26 1987 17:0016
    Boat Transit
    PO Box 1403
    Newport Beach CA 92663
    (800)-854-3282
    
    or
    
    Kenosha Auto Transport
    202 Greenfield Rd.
    Lancaster PA 17601
    (800)-233-0274
    
    RE:.-1
    Brownell doesn't have either the equipment or inclination to
    handle anything other than local (New England) runs. 

472.4DEC might helpCSSE::COUTUREMon Jan 26 1987 17:285
    If this is a DEC move the company will pay for transporting a boat
    up to 22 ft.  Anything longer they will pay up to what the transport
    company would have charged for a 22 footer.  You'll have to pay
    the difference.

472.5Beam affects quoteNECVAX::RODENHISERMon Jan 26 1987 18:0010
    Beam will affect cost considerably. Anything over 12' requires an
    escort (vehicle following along behind with a "wide load" sign.
    
    Two years ago I had a quote to move a Little Harbor 38 from Hobe
    Sound, FL to Marion MA. Boat Transit was cheapest (approx $3100)
    because they had terminals close at either end (W. Palm Beach and
    Seekonk MA). The beam was 11' 10". Price would have gone over
    $4500 had the beam been just a couple of inches wider.
    

472.6A (local) vote for BrownellSHRBIZ::HARLEYWhen the going gets weird, the weird turn proTue Jan 27 1987 20:2015
re .2

    I had Brownell move my 24' Pearson from Dions (Kittery, ME) to Apponaug
    (RI)  and it cost me about $370.  They had to bring a boat up to Dions,
    and  they  didn't want to come back empty, so they gave me a deal.  The
    service  was  excellent  (I  called  Liz  many  times  and she was VERY
    helpful; mention my name and say the boat was Femme Fatale, and she may
    remember).   They  use special trailers with hydraulics and everything;
    all you have to do is tell them where the boat is and where you want it
    to  go,  and  they'll  pick  it up and put it down for you.  I was very
    happy  with  the  service  and  courtiousness  (sp?) of Brownell, and I
    wouldn't hesitate to use them again.

    Harley

472.7Armstrong's in Norwell, Ma.CASADM::THOMASWed Jan 28 1987 14:4511
    TRy Armstrong Boats in Norwell ma. 617-878-2207.
    
    They move boats up and down the East Coast so they have the equipment
    to handle long haul stuff.
    
    Ask for Doc and mention my name.
    
    Good luck,
    
    Ed

472.8A&B or you might try a shipSSGVAX::SAVIERSWed Feb 18 1987 01:5713
    You also might try A&B Yachtsman in Annapolis.  They moved my 43'
    off ship in Baltimore to Annapolis, but I believe they do long distance
    work as well.
    
    Ocean transport might also be an alternative at 47', probably Newark
    to Alameda which I think are the big freight ports.  My boat came
    via "Star" lines, on a roll-on/off ship.  The stern swings open
    so big cargo can go inside, but it costs more than "on deck".
    
    You might call some boat importers to get a line on the possibilities
    and costs.