Did you ship your
boat after your
purchase to your location?
How did that go?
What shipper did you use?
Would you do it again?
My story ended well, with several bumps in the road along the way.
I hired a driver through uship. The bids were between $1500 and over three times that. Most were under two grand. One driver figured out where my
boat was and contacted me directly while he stood next to my boat. I was impressed with his directness and hired him. The low bid. His
references were good. However uship was now out of the loop and I hired the driver directly.
He started a day late while he looked for a spare tire and tie down straps.
Once on the road, he calls me to inform me he has his wife and
kids along and wonders if he can have a couple days in Vegas off to
vacation with his
family.
I reluctantly say yes, what else could I say? I made him promise to not bet my sailboat in a 21
game.
Two days later, he again strikes out, now with high
wind warnings on the interstate.
I told him to call every couple hours, and he calls about once a day. He also never answers his
phone. I was starting to worry.
In a couple days, he arrives at the rocky mountains. I call him as he approaches Denver and he answers the
phone. That was refreshing. Then he tells me he is broke down and my 32 foot sailboat is along the interstate highway in the mountains in a two hour parking scenic overlook.
Almost frantic I instruct him to rent a truck and go back for my sailboat. I then call the state patrol in Colorado and have them look for my sailboat. In a couple hours, they find it, and mark it do not tow for 18 hours. The trucker found a relative in Denver and borrowed a truck, and in five hours or so, got on the road again, towards Denver and his in need of
repairs vehicle. Loosing
coolant.
Head gasket.
Still frantic, and 11 hours from Denver, I grabbed my toter home Kenworth T2000 and headed for Denver. I did not tell the driver his relief driver, me, was on the way to his location.
Once in the Denver area, I told him I was in Denver and got his exact address. It was a joy and relief to see my newelly purchased Clipper
Marine 32
ketch for the first time. I paid the driver and headed towards Nebraska with my sailboat.
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