hiring a captain to move a boat? PNW

[centerline]

I am wondering about what it should cost to move a 36ft islander 36 from anacortes to portland 350nm...

or, just from neah bay to astoria...??? how do I go about searching for someone with reliable qualifications??? thanks

 

[Apex]

references for finding a delivery captain. I would guess, just ask around your marina?

Why not sail her yourself?

 

[seadaddler]

Searching

While searching for a captain all around your area and as said in your Marina and maybe other Marina's and maybe some helpful info here.
Consider going along for the ride with the captain and you will learn alot about sailing with a pro and also will learn about your boat,when I hired a friend to help sail my H-36 from NY to Florida my friend said he preferred that I go along on the trip and it was my first offshore all ocean trip boy did I learn a lot about sailing and navigating and how good a boat I had.
Nick

 

[Chris Patterson]

Just make very, VERY sure it is a SAILBOAT captain you are hiring. I know a hundred 'captains' around here I would not let pilot a jonboat, across the board idiots that are mind boggling stupid. I don't know what this license entails, and don't care, I with regularity move boats so far upwards of 82 tons. Don't even WANT a ticket from some agency that says I 'know how'. Really, how many courses have you ever been to that was filled to capacity with mouth-breathers than can barely read. A couple of years ago I took a basic navigating course over at the college here because it was winter, I was bored, and knew the instructor as being a long time sailor, not boater. Three of them were late for the first course because they couldn't find the college, and one of them was late twice with the same excuse. An untrainable I.Q. is 60 or below. One guy had maybe an 80, and I'm being gracious. (Forest Gump is estimated as 75). They all passed. Of COURSE they did, they paid money.

While this is not the criteria you are searching for, find a SKIPPER that knows sailboats. I don't even know of but two around here, Wayne and Jiles professionally, and I know a lot of people on the water. Few of which would ever pilot a boat for me. Dang man, I hate to say it, but it truly sounds like a problem. You KNOW things are bad when folks call ME to do it..

Oh yeah, I think around here it runs about 3 bills a day for a 'captain'. Two if someone is doing it for the fun of it and doesn't need any money.

 

[seanshine]

I know a guy in Seattle that has made many deliveries down to Portland. He's licenced and has done the Oregon to Victoria offshore race many times. Send me a pm with your email address and I will put you in touch with him. If you prefer, you can get hooked up to him on the PNW Sailors bulletin board. He is listed as Windswept. His 47 foot Peterson. SS

 

[capta]

There is only one SURE way to get an excellent, proven and reliable delivery captain; ask a local yacht broker. They use only the best; anything less and their reputation goes out the window. No offense to seanshine, but "I know a guy", or "I've got a friend", just doesn't cut it when it's a boat you'd like delivered without incident.

 

[centerline]

these are all great suggestions and thoughts to keep in mind....


why dont I sail her myself? as asked by Apex.....

in my life, I have spent a lot of time on the open ocean here.... and its where we plan to be in the future, but in the past 12 years, ive never been out there.... my boating has all been done in protected waters

so I will just say it out loud, im afraid of the complications involved in the passage in the event of seasickness...
ive been there. I know it can happen to anyone, and more often to those who are not conditioned to the seas. I worked my way thru it when I was a young man so that I could have the jobs that I had on boats.
but I may be out of condition for it at this time and I dont have time to test my ability, so I am NOT going to take the chance of getting sick while making a passage across open water here in the pacific northwest in the middle of our winter stormy season....

im fully capable and willing to run it the first hundred miles of the trip and the last hundred, but its the 200 in the middle that I may need assistance with....

 

[Charles Erwin]

Centerline

Where do you expect to keep the boat during the summer? Consider sailing (motoring actually) Anacortes to Olympia - then trucking Olympia to final destination in Portland.

I find Olympia is a very handy - good yard and nice permanent mooring facility.

Charles

 

[ATII410]

Wrong Question

these are all great suggestions and thoughts to keep in mind....


why dont I sail her myself? as asked by Apex.....

in my life, I have spent a lot of time on the open ocean here.... and its where we plan to be in the future, but in the past 12 years, ive never been out there.... my boating has all been done in protected waters

so I will just say it out loud, im afraid of the complications involved in the passage in the event of seasickness...
ive been there. I know it can happen to anyone, and more often to those who are not conditioned to the seas. I worked my way thru it when I was a young man so that I could have the jobs that I had on boats.
but I may be out of condition for it at this time and I dont have time to test my ability, so I am NOT going to take the chance of getting sick while making a passage across open water here in the pacific northwest in the middle of our winter stormy season....

im fully capable and willing to run it the first hundred miles of the trip and the last hundred, but its the 200 in the middle that I may need assistance with....

It seems to me that centerline is asking the wrong question if he is searching for a captain to move a 36 ft sailboat offshore during the winter in the PNW. If the boat must be moved now then I suggest hiring a trucking company to move it by road. Going offshore with a small boat during a PNW winter is ill advised. Portland or Seattle yacht brokers are an excellent source for qualified captains. Good Luck.

 

[capta]

offshore during the winter in the PNW. Going offshore with a small boat during a PNW winter is ill advised..

Please. 200 miles is a couple of days at the outside. Are you telling me there isn't going to be a 40 hour weather window over the whole winter? I've done the west coast from San Fran to Kodiak and fished dungies in the winter and there were plenty of pretty nice days, for that area, anyway. Any delivery skipper worth his salt wouldn't have any problem moving a well found boat a couple of hundred miles, even in the winter.
Even down here, in the height of the hurricane season, odds are very much on one's side on a 200 mile delivery.

 

[Chris Patterson]

Shoot, I think is really big of a man to throw an insecurity of ANY kind, more so on here. There probably is quite a lot of blue water sailors that look at it like a pond cruise, and I know some that can't stand to leave the sight of land. It's a comfort level obviously built on experience, that some do not have. Yet. If you are a sailor, the confidence level increases exponentially with stretching your boundaries. New to owner boat, more than likely a significant purchase financially speaking, so some caution is naturally due. And I applaud you Centerline for saying it.

 

[centerline]

It seems to me that centerline is asking the wrong question if he is searching for a captain to move a 36 ft sailboat offshore during the winter in the PNW. If the boat must be moved now then I suggest hiring a trucking company to move it by road. Going offshore with a small boat during a PNW winter is ill advised. Portland or Seattle yacht brokers are an excellent source for qualified captains. Good Luck.

I have worked out in the wild blue here in the wintertime in smaller and questionably less secure/seaworthy boats without ever a thought... and someone is out there right now in the same conditions as I type this....
yes, I can be challenging at times, but that doenst make it any less safe... it can actually be fun for awhile

 

[centerline]

Shoot, I think is really big of a man to throw an insecurity of ANY kind, more so on here. There probably is quite a lot of blue water sailors that look at it like a pond cruise, and I know some that can't stand to leave the sight of land. It's a comfort level obviously built on experience, that some do not have. Yet. If you are a sailor, the confidence level increases exponentially with stretching your boundaries. New to owner boat, more than likely a significant purchase financially speaking, so some caution is naturally due. And I applaud you Centerline for saying it.

its nothing for me to say im a scardy cat...
I feel if we, as individuals, cant be honest with ourselves and others, and are so self-important that we cannot admit our faults, then we are living without foundation in a hollow world and have nothing worthwhile to offer anyone....

and its not that im afraid that I couldnt make the trip.. or that I may not, and die out there.... both are possibilities I am willing to risk, but the thought of LIVING with seasickness for a couple of days terrifies the hell out of me!!!

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

its nothing for me to say im a scardy cat...
I feel if we, as individuals, cant be honest with ourselves and others, and are so self-important that we cannot admit our faults, then we are living without foundation in a hollow world and have nothing worthwhile to offer anyone....

and its not that im afraid that I couldnt make the trip.. or that I may not, and die out there.... both are possibilities I am willing to risk, but the thought of LIVING with seasickness for a couple of days terrifies the hell out of me!!!

The pharmaceutical industry is your friend

 

[centerline]

The pharmaceutical industry is your friend

i have found a few short daytrips out, then back in will bring my sealegs back, and than I have no worries of seasickness, but as I have been landlocked for so long, its questionable how I could handle it.

pills can help, but their effect on me is almost as bad as the actual seasickness symptoms

 

[Joe]

Delivery skippers are all about saving time and crew costs..... It is likely the sails will never go up because he can simply motor the 200 miles in a day and a half.... maybe one extra crew to stand watch. Weather window would not depend on wind direction.

 

[centerline]

Delivery skippers are all about saving time and crew costs..... It is likely the sails will never go up because he can simply motor the 200 miles in a day and a half.... maybe one extra crew to stand watch. Weather window would not depend on wind direction.

thats exactly the way I would do it if it was me.... more direct line to the target and less work involved.

 

[BobSail]

Try this link. It's the sailboat broker on Hayden Island in Portland. They list some transportation options. One of their instructors named Brig does transports on the route you describe.

http://www.passion-yachts.com/resources.html

 

[fox islander]

...just 2 days ago 28' seas at 11 seconds off westport. I wouldn't make that run this time of year. The north pacific can be very unforgiving.

 

[Doc_holiday]

I'm sure if asked we could round up some guys and make the trip. All we need is an invite and permission from our admirals.