"taxwizz" The cost for my boat; a wide 42 ft
Trawler yacht was £33,000 with Sevenstar,a cost I agree is a lot of
money. This was from Singapore to Fethiye. There were also some port costs in Singapore of £1,500 as the rules and regs.there are amazing. Just checking in to Singapore is now quite a paperwork job!! The cost of port charges in Fethiye was £500 and simple by comparison to Singapore. There are no facilities offered for crew on the ships to travel with the yacht unless it's a superyacht of about 90ft. As the ships schedule is liable to change somewhat due to loading and
weather etc we got to Singapore in plenty of time and rested up in Senibong marina on the
Malaysia side opposite Singapore which was very reasonable and a very nice marina with plenty of
shopping and restaurants nearby and not far away. To be honest the rules and regs associated with Singapore left me feeling that we wished we'd gone up to Phuket where port costs are far less, to load onboard but after the 1550 miles from Manila we didn't really fancy another 700 miles northbound which would have had to follow almost straight after we'd got to Singapore to keep up with the ships schedule. As our loading onto the ship was actually the day we had booked our flight out of Singapore it was extremly hectic but the loadmasters were superb and couldn't be faulted and took great care with loading and securing the boat. She also arrived in
Turkey very clean after the trip as the'd washed off all the boats (more than once) on the way. I was the only boat loaded in Singapore but there were many loaded in Phuket,including a very large Turkish gulet. This loading took several days. To keep up with the ships movements from
Japan we loaded an App to track progress of arrival into Singapore and then onwards towards
Turkey. This helped a lot to plan my flight to Turkey to meet the ship and be there for unloading (costly if you're not there to unload & take your yacht to a marina etc for clearance) Shipping agents at both
ports were part of the fee to assist with paperwork and clearance in/out. The voyage from Phuket to Turkey was a month and we've now based the boat in Kas marina (absolutely superb)until next season when we will explore the western part of Turkey. A long stay in Turkey, if required, is reasonably easy by applying for a Residents visa before the e-visa runs out. This was granted for 2 years (boat non Vat) so simplifies a longer stay. My partner is Asian so only gets 30 days! Kas marina staff we extreemly helpful in doing the application for the Residents visas and made no charge for nearly a days
work on computer etc!!!! Beware some 'agents' overcharging for this
service, there was an article on this subject on CF only a few days ago.
Hope this helps and cost not too much of a shock!! David