Cost: Shipping Yacht to Australia

[donradcliffe]

We shipped a 40 footer from Auckland to San Francisco back in the nineties, on a cradle based on a 'flat rack', which is a container without sides and top. The shipping cost was US$ 12k, but the total cost was $25K.

[hoppy]

Thanks osirissail, good info

Option 3 sounds like the way to go

No response from either company I contacted. I would not have thought it would take them too much effort to write a quick response to me. Sure I may not be ready to sign on the dotted line and give them business, but their response or lack of now will make a difference when it comes time for me to do it for real.

[hoppy]

I Just checked my yahoo spam folder and found a "delivery notice failure" mail for one of the quote requests and a response from the other company

It pays to check your spam folder

I got a response from tauruslogistics.co.nz where i asked for a price based on a Jeanneau SO 37.

They said as a guide US$25k plus €3000 for cradle and loading and similar upon arrival in Aus. They could only move a boat like this from France or Holland, which would be fine by me.

They said the price was based on volume (so I guess they use the container space method) and if I can remove the keel it will be even cheaper.