Congrats and good luck! Maybe you can find someone willing to do the haul cheaper if you look around a bit?
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Congrats and good luck! Maybe you can find someone willing to do the haul cheaper if you look around a bit?
Hey Thurman,
Glad you were able to work out getting #5 after all. Congrats!
I can recommend George and Denise at Cove Point Marine Transport. They know boats, and it will be George himself who'll do the move for you. He can move old boats, wooden boats, etc. In other words, he knows not to tie a huge strap to a tiny fairlead (don't laugh, it's not a given!).
As an added bonus, they have a hydraulic trailer that they'll use for "local" moves (i.e. Maryland and Virginia - they're in Deale, MD), which saves you needing a Travelift to load and unload (unless there's some peculiar reason you need a lift, or yard rules, etc.).
Of course you'll need to get a quote, but just to give you an idea, I had them move an Ariel-sized boat about 150 miles and it was under $1000. In conjunction, they moved a 30-footer about 25 miles, and charged $400. I did say when I called them that I was happy to wait until they came my way, but then your boat is pretty close to home for them.
Good luck with the move, and congrats again on the boat :)
Penokee
Hmm, I can't seem to get my "edit" to stick. What I want to add is the web address for Cove Point Marine Transport. Their website looks a bit like a "canned" starter page, but they are very friendly on the telephone and in person. I did play a bit of phone tag initially, but they were very responsive once we got going and during the move.
http://www.covepointmarineservices.com/contact.html
I posted an ad from Craigslist a while back about a trailer that would probably move an Ariel/Commander. Craigslist has these types of trailers come up once in a while at decent prices (2-3k). Cheap trailers are like cheap outboard engines, no good ones exist. You have to drop some cash to make out in the end. If you can spring it, I would think the 3k you might drop on a trailer will more than pay for itself in the short term especially if you can launch via the trailer with a ramp. I have never met anyone who regreted having their boat on a trailer, even at a cost.
Here is one in Salisbury Mass where I keep my boat. $2700
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/boa/478272887.html
Here's another in Maine for $2800
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/boa/479508482.html
Here is another trailer for $1500
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/boa/485463247.html