Shipping a boat?

C & D: I would check with your car shipping company, as I would think a 22' boat wouldn't be that difficult to ship- it is the size of a car, right? Is it a trailerable boat? Longer boats have to have a cradle, are shrink wrapped and put on the container... Hey, if it keeps raining, you might keep the boat in your front yard and drive it to work! There are some other ideas besides the STYC, although that is a possibility for members if there are moorings available. There are several boat yards that keep boats in stacks- don't know the correct term, but I bet you have seen it before.

East Ender,

Thanks for the advice, it would be on a tandem axle trailer. I will definitely check with the shipping company. I like the idea of driving it to work during Monsoon Season, that is what season you're in right now...correct? JK. I was unaware that there was "in/out service" available on St. Thomas. I learn something new every day! That might workout better for us anyway, as it will be easier on the hull...speaking of which, an suggestions on anti-fowling paint? Up here in Michigan we use VC-17, clearly designed for a different environment.

Chad

Buy a good bottom paint here in the islands. If you have VC-17 on your boat now you have to strip it to use the new paints.

Interlux Micron 66, or Interlux Ultra , both with Biolux seem to work well. Whatever you use it has to have an anti slime additive in it. as grass and slime are extreme here. No way VC-17 would cut it here. I dont think it is even for use in salt water if I remember.

There is no in and out service.. but they have racks for long term storage.

If you bring a trailer you will have to store it somewhere, and thats tough.

JET

There is in-and-out service. I think it's called Tropical Marine, in the lagoon. You call ahead and they splash it for you. If you have a powerboat small enough to do that, it is certainly the way to go. No bottom paint necessary.

Good luck.

Thank you for the information...

I am just trying to think out of the box on this one, and was thinking...would it be advantageous to sell this boat here and buy a boat when we get down there? Just thinking that we might take the money we would be investing in shipping it and reinvesting it into something else.

Are there some quality, center console, boats for sale down there? Of course, I know that there are a lot of boats there...just wondering what shape they are in. Any advice on that would be greatly appreciated?

Most of the rental boats are center consoles- don't know what shape they are in by the time they sell them...

I'm not too well-informed about the price of power boats here, or what you can get for it there. But if you're patient, you may make out better to (a) sell the boat and (b) save the shipping cost, and then apply somewhat less than a+b down here.

You have participated in this board for a while, so you know there are lots of folks who move here for a while then move back wherever they came from. Some of those people have boats, and sell them when they leave. Check out some of the power boats listed at http://stthomasyachts.com/stthomasyachts/index.html for a reference on pricing. Of course, it's not the only place you can find a boat for sale, but it will give you an idea.

Good luck!

Thank you for the link, I am sure we can find a boat when we get down there. The only problem is trying to sell a boat in Michigan during the winter...not a lot of people thinking about getting on the water. Well, except for maybe a game of pond hockey or dropping a line through a hole in the ice, while battling frostbite with the futile hopes of landing a fish. No offence to any ice fishermen out there!

Again, thank you for the assistance...