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

[Melissa Currier]

Good trucker options:

John Woodruff (generally out of Detroit, MI)
(just changed name of company, don't know new)
734-231-8610

Peter Hamm (out of Charleston, SC)
Coastal Marine Transport
843-696-0278
pete at coastalmarinetransport.com




> Phil;
>     Gord is correct that you do not unsterp the mast  to sail from Lake
> Erie to
> Kingston. The rules for the Welland canal are that you need two people to
> go down
> (and three to come up). That canal runs 24/7 from about March to December.
> I do
> that canal trip twice a year to race in Toronto and the one thing you need
> to
> count on is that you never know how long it will take to do that 26 miles.
> The
> best I have done is 6 hours and the worst is 18 hours.  If you only sail
> in
> daytime hours, then you will need at least the 7 days. ( We have also seen
> folks
> have  long delays at Port Colborne if Americans have firearms and don't
> have
> proper documentation of citizenship and boat ownership since this is a
> Canadian
> canal! Leave the guns and ammo at home. ) Ottawa is a long way past
> Kingston if
> you are going to sail to there  though, and if you do the Rideau Canal,
> the mast
> needs to be down. If you go via the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers, the
> mast can
> stay up but it will be another 3 or 4 days, with at least two more canals
> at Ste.
> Anne de Belleview and Carillon. I believe there is a third canal on the
> St.
> Lawrence that you must do to get you past Lachine to Ste. Anne de
> Belleview.
>    Trailering is a sure and easy way to go. Gord mentioned one trucker and
> there
> are others. It would help if you could get a backhaul but then that
> requires
> waiting for the appropriate time. I would not truck a boat in cold weather
> like
> we are having now even with air ride axles. Spring is still the time to do
> that
> too. If you want other truckers names, e-mail me off line. I also have a
> trailer
> but no tractor but my boat is on that unit until next spring. George has a
> photo
> of it on the website.
> Don Campbell  #528
>
> Gordon Laco wrote:
>
>> 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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