Shipping an 28 albin

[kjg1951]

I have a buyer fir my 1994 albin 28 .. It is going to be shipped from North Carolina to California . Does anyone have any contacts or know of a company that will do this shipping .. Maybe even a tri wheel trailer pulled by a Dullie .
Thanks for your help
Kevin g

[Paddy]

Mine was shipped via a dually and 3 axle trailer. The cost from Connecticut to Long Island was $1300 cash, and the hauler took the ferry...less than 100 miles! I can't imagine the cost to ship cross country. Please keep us posted, quite an interesting journey!

[Nancy]

In the spring of 2012, we used a guy by the name of Chris Hanna out of Myrtle Beach to move our boat from Deltaville, VA, to Colchester, VT. He used a triple axle trailer and a 1-ton dually. Price was $1700 and all went well. I have no idea what he's doing these days, but you could try to call or email. 843-687-2932. chris (at) fccllctransport (dot) com.

Good luck!

[carolmarie]

I Googled boat hauling. Boathaulingus.com provides some fairly simple formulas for various size boats based mainly on beam and point of origination, I.e. east or west coast. Quick look at it suggests $6000 to $7000 to ship out west from NC for a 28TE.

[Tree]

You may even find it cheaper to ship it by car transporter. It cost us just under $6500 to ship across the Atlantic!

[kjg1951]

The
Buyer is telling me the lowest quote he got was 12,000.00 I have forwarded all your suggestions to the broker .thank you.

[JT48348]

You may even find it cheaper to ship it by car transporter. It cost us just under $6500 to ship across the Atlantic!

That's a great price if true. Has anyone actually done this? My impression is that you would think you could send an Albin across the Atlantic on a trailer on a car carrier ($6500), but in fact its quite expensive ($10K+) once you compute all the actual costs. I think it depends on what country you bring it into, whether and if you can avoid the VAT and other issues, some compliance/licensing issues, etc. In addition a USA boat has different AC/DC system that Europe boats etc. I believe, actually doing this with an Albin from the USA is more complicated than just roll-on-roll-off.

I'm not an expert on this by any means, so let me know. $6500 to get your boat into Europe for cruising would be worth it, but I think it ends up being a lot more expensive than that.

[JT48348]

KJG: I shipped my 30ft classic sailboat back and forth across the country twice and and to/from Miami to the eastern Caribbean twice. It was a 10,000 pound full keel sailboat with 35' mast. Its been a while, but the prices are not favorable. I will tell you this: one of the reasons I chose an Albin 27 was because it could be trailered. Transportation is expensive any way you look at it. As well as haulouts, storage and yard work. As we all know, having a trailer and controlling that is key.

First Move - 1996 North Carolina to Portland,OR private transport - $6900
Second Move - 1997 Portland,OR to VA private tranport - $2900
Third Move via Dockwise - 2001VA to Miami to USVI by freighter- $4400
Fourth Move via Dockwise - 2003 USVI to Miami by freighter- $4500

None of the shippers except dockwise are still in business.

My recommendation would be to take the DIY approach as much as possible. Try to source a trailer or cradle yourself that can be rented or used for the trip. You can have a cradle made for $1500. Find a hauler who can tow the trailer on a return trip from somewhere, at flexible dates, so you get a discount. In recent years I have had the best luck getting competitive pricing using Uship.com. But you really need to do your homework and really interview your shippers. And don't trust anything someone tells you. Use references and ask a lot of questions. Its possible you might find a hauler with a trailer in hand that would work. I would guess your cost will be $5-7K.

This leads to the argument that its better to buy a trailer (even a used one) upfront than even pay the cost of transport once. To me this is an issue for the buyer, not the seller.

[coolchange]

The concept of Hot Shot Towing is a bunch of people with trucks and trailers who bid on loads from one place to another. Google Hot Shot towing and you will find out more than you wanted..but I used them to get my triple axle from LA to Bellingham. If you want I can give you the contact for the driver I used...he was great but you want to be carefull and check these guys out...some are a little questionable...so get referrals. For about 6-7k you can get a brand new trailer..get someone to tow it out here and either keep the trailer or sell it

[Tree]

The advantage for us was the car carriers are effectively empty when they leave the U.S. and full of BMW's Jaguars etc when they return. So when the ship leaves Baltimore (in our case) it's an empty boat with a few bits on. Anything they can do to fill the space makes some money. We used Peters and May as our shipping agent and K-line was the shipping company. There are a few tricks you need to know, like having the cradle made that so the boat can be lifted with a fork truck, not a dockside crane as that costs $$$. We paid around $500 for the cradle to be made. There are pictures of it on the forum. We also paid around $1500 for the boat to be moved from Sandy Hook Yacht Sales to the dock in Baltimore. Ok it's not a true $6500 but nothing like $12,000 you buyer was quoted.

[Tree]

One more thing, when we shipped the price of oil was high. You'd almost certainly find now that the space on the ship would cost less

[JT48348]

I'm confused. When you said you "shipped across the Atlantic" I assumed you meant from Europe to the USA. Or vice versa. And are you saying you used a cradle on a "car carrier" instead of a trailer? And you went from Baltimore to where? The trip from Sandy Hook to Baltimore cost $1500. The trip from Baltimore to (unknown European destination) cost... $6500? Cradle $500.

That's $8500.

What was your European import tax? How did you register boat? Do u have any issues going from 120v to 220v ? Do you have emissions issues?

Sorry if I misunderstood something.

[Tree]

I'm confused. When you said you "shipped across the Atlantic" I assumed you meant from Europe to the USA. Or vice versa. And are you saying you used a cradle on a "car carrier" instead of a trailer? And you went from Baltimore to where? The trip from Sandy Hook to Baltimore cost $1500. The trip from Baltimore to (unknown European destination) cost... $6500?

That's $8000.

What was your European import tax? How did you register boat? Do u have any issues going from 120v to 220v ? Do you have emissions issues?

Sorry if I misunderstood something.

I imported the Albin with a budget of what I believe it's worth is here, so ignore the taxes etc as they are added into the cost of the boat should I sell it later. The boat was in the states and we imported it to England.

What I am suggesting, if you had a boat in say, New York and the cost of shipping it to say Florida was $12,000 by road. Why not jump on an empty car transporter and ship it down to a port in Florida for considerably less?

Swapping over from 110 to 240 volts isn't an issue either. You use heavier gauge cable over there as you draw higher amps. I swapped out the microwave, heating element in the hot water and battery charger, although most chargers are dual voltage and dual 50/60hz units.

I have a thread on here all about shipping it to the UK if you search my posts.

[Tree]

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[Pitou]

$12,000 seems out of line.

My buyer used UShip.com to gain a hauler when I sold my 28TE in 2013. It shipped from just north of Boston to SanDiego for $7,200. The hauler used a triple axle trailer and a 2500HD pick-up. UShip is a site where you enter your parameters and shippers bid to get the job.