Boat transport

[Boaterdan278michigan]

I may need to hire a professional boat transportation company to haul a boat from Pennsylvania to Michigan. Has anyone used a company they would recognize? The boat is 36' long, 11.5' wide and weighs 13,500 pounds. I'm still negotiating price and I need to factor transportation in.

 

[Scott Danforth]

talk to the broker you are using. they will have recommendations. Make sure they are licensed and bonded. that way if things go awry, its covered.

 

[redneck joe]

And verify license and bonding. Get the papers, physically, then make calls to ensure current.

 

[racerone]

Total distance involved?----Moving it from where to where?

 

[DeepCMark58A]

If the boat is sitting at a marina the people there will have trusted contacts, but still trust and verify.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

It is also a fun adventure to go by water, you need experience to do that though. I have gone from Pickwick TN to Florida and back a dozen times, it is not like recreation boating though you have to have a plan.

 

[Scott Danforth]

good bud of mine just had a boat moved from the east coast of Florida to Sarasota. his 3 choices were pilot around the Florida peninsula (3 days) , take the Okeechobee route thru the locks (2 days) or have the broker/marina ship it with their recommended transport company (6 hours)

since it was during the cold snap 2 months ago, and Andrey didnt know either water route and doesnt like cold weather, the thing came by truck, and he just had to meet it at the boat ramp by his local marina

 

[Boaterdan278michigan]

And verify license and bonding. Get the papers, physically, then make calls to ensure current.

If the boat is sitting at a marina the people there will have trusted contacts, but still trust and verify.

I would imagine they would. I was hoping for someone would say, "use this company, they worked great for us". Thank you for your input.

 

[Boaterdan278michigan]

It is also a fun adventure to go by water, you need experience to do that though. I have gone from Pickwick TN to Florida and back a dozen times, it is not like recreation boating though you have to have a plan.

In my case, the water route is 800 miles. The route covers most the length of Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan. While a fun adventure, $5,000 in fuel.

 

[Boaterdan278michigan]

And verify license and bonding. Get the papers, physically, then make calls to ensure current.

This is good advice, so many wanna be 'professionals'

 

[racerone]

Take it part way by water , say Detroit.----Then across to your home marina.-----Big boat transport is not cheap.

 

[redneck joe]

In my case, the water route is 800 miles. The route covers most the length of Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan. While a fun adventure, $5,000 in fuel.

Doubt the transport will be less.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

In my case, the water route is 800 miles. The route covers most the length of Lakes Erie, Huron and Michigan. While a fun adventure, $5,000 in fuel.

You can't own a boat and worry about fuel cost>

 

[Scott Danforth]

Fuel is cheaper than maintenance costs....

boat transport will probably be $3/mile, so at 800 miles, about $2500

 

[flashback]

20 years ago I had a 27ft sailboat hauled from buford ga to chattanooga and it cost 5 bucks a mile on their trailer.

 

[Texasmark]

20 years ago I had a 27ft sailboat hauled from buford ga to chattanooga and it cost 5 bucks a mile on their trailer.

Last time I saw a sailboat on a trailer, allowing for the permanent positioned keel, made for a tall, top-heavy load. I can understand the high cost. Going to bet it required certain routes and arrangements with local utility departments to account for sloping terrain and low hanging utility wires.

Matter of fact, not too long ago I saw a picture of (forget the source) a very popular movie star having his sailboat on a trailer in, of all places, NYC and it had a long fixed keel and mast was in place. Picture was apparently taken before AI got involved in everything.

 

[MikeSchinlaub]

Matter of fact, not too long ago I saw a picture of (forget the source) a very popular movie star having his sailboat on a trailer in, of all places, NYC and it had a long fixed keel and mast was in place. Picture was apparently taken before AI got involved in everything.

One day, when I got to work, there was a sail boat with the tall keel sitting on a flat bed trailer. It was super sketchy. I think the picture is somewhere in my "boats from work" thread, but I don't feel like digging through 16 pages looking for it.