Thanks all. Have received a number of PMs from captains and also some quotes for freight on ship
deck... All in all, the cost would be about the same.
It's all significantly more than I had imagined and would drive the cost of the
boat way out of the "worth it" range. Therefore have decided not to
purchase the particular boat I was looking at.
No reflection on the skippers who PMd me, a man has gotta make a living, I really just had no idea.
Will have to find something closer to home.