[Public-list] Shipping an Alberg 30 from Lake Erie to Kingston (A30 for sale $8, 000)

[Gordon Laco]

Hi there - 

Ottawa is a long way from Kingston!

Yes you can sail her from anywhere on Erie to Kingston...you should plan on
a week long trip, but I would say that the season for yachts making long
trips like that is over for this year.

The best way to move a yacht is by using a professional yacht mover like
Balsden or one of the others.  A pro will have insurance and a hydraulic
truck that can pick up the boat and set her down again in her cradle at the
yard.  Don't worry about putting her back in the water - once in Kingston
she should be tarped up for the winter.

If the owner is in Ottawa, that is another two hours or so up the highway,
but the same scenerio would be appropriate.

Cheers - Gord







> Has anyone ever had to ship an Alberg 30?
> 
> I may have sold the boat, or at least I have an interested buyer.  I am
> letting her go for a very low $8,000.  I no longer have time to use her.
> However the boat is in fairport Harbor and needs to somehow get to the
> Vicinity of Kingston Canada (Ottowa??).
> 
> Shipping method #1:  Drive the boat via Lake Erie to Kingston.  Is there a
> route that will not force dismasting?  This seems the easiest, but the
> longest way in terms of time and could not be completed until spring time.
> Weather is a factor.
> 
> Shipping method #2: is just as obvious.  Dismast the boat, and somehow tow
> it behind some kind of vehicle that is strong enough to tow her.  The boat
> does have a nice cradle.  This scenerio could be done sooner but will
> require either a crane rental, or putting the boat back in the water and
> using our Marina provided crane, then pulling the boat back out and loading
> her to whatever vehicle will do the towing.
> 
> I have seen discussions to boat trailers that are suitable for an Alberg,
> can these be rented?  And what kind of Monster SUV is needed to pull it.
> 
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