Professional skippers would have their own stuff. I guess it is the luck of the draw as to who might be delivering your boat. Could be a pro or somebody looking for a paid ride home who has nothing. He did have a gps and
laptop, but that was it. no sat
phone.
I heard that a couple of cats being delivered by Reliance were
lost in storms over the last year or 2. One was found and the crew picked up by the CG. The other never was found. Might be the difference having a pro onboard versus a pickup capt. This guy I'm taslking about refused to buy jack lines...said if it was to dangerous to go forward and you needed jack lines he wouldn't go. Oh, I don't need an
oil change pump. I'll just unscrew the
oil filter and turn on the
engine and run it till the
oil is all pumped out. I did it on my last delivery and it worked out fine. We watched his track and it also gave us
battery voltage and it was rarely over 11v. He wouldn't buy any reserve fuel (there wasn't enough money in it for him) so he preferred not to keep the battteries charged any more than not quite dead.