Has anyone heard whether or not...

sailhog · #1 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

Brak's boat has been delievered?

AboardIndigo · #2 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

Not.......

sailhog · #3 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

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Originally Posted by AboardIndigo

Not.......

Hmmmm... Maybe I'll PM Cam and see what he knows...

JohnRPollard · #4 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

SH,

My understanding is that the boat was delivered, but that it didn't go as well as he hoped so he is considering having it delivered again.

Re-deliveries are good work if you can get it (twice the distance). From the standpoint of a professional delivery skipper, about the only thing better than a re-delivery is a circumnavigation delivery.

merlin2375 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

What?!?! When did this happen? Why didn't anyone say anything?

sailhog · #6 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

John, Merlin,
This is very surprising news. I did not know that his boat had been delivered.

Now, having said that, I am available and would like to deliver his boat.

Brak, I am available and would like to deliver your boat. Please call me at: 555-555-5555.

Cruisingdad · #7 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

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Originally Posted by sailhog

John, Merlin,
This is very surprising news. I did not know that his boat had been delivered.

Now, having said that, I am available and would like to deliver his boat.

Brak, I am available and would like to deliver your boat. Please call me at: 555-555-5555.

Not sure about Brak, but you might check with him. Seems I remember a thread about that somewhere...

Hey, forget Brak. WHat about that high paying Capt Speedo? Have not heard,,,,, from..... him in ...,,,,,, a while. But are you the wipe the vomit off and keep going type,,,,, the,,, real sailor,,,, or was it a woman now???

Now THAT thread was funny.

- CD

JohnRPollard · #8 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

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Originally Posted by sailhog

This is very surprising news. I did not know that his boat had been delivered.

SH,

Yes, there has been a lot of confusion about this. There was another thread in which several of us (you and I included) were trying to get clarification on this point, but unfortunately the moderators shut it down (I think one of them had a horse in the race, if you know what I mean

).

Since the topic of deliveries has come up again, and since I mentioned the circumnavigation delivery option (which might be something Brak should consider given his disappointing experience with the one-way option), I should also mention that anyone considering this approach needs to check the skipper's credentials and references.

Obviously, the skipper needs to have ocean experience since it's hard to get all the way around without doing some off-shore legs or taking risky short-cuts.

Second -- and this is where the references come in -- make sure you can trust the skipper. There have been a lot of complaints lately by owners that got rooked after contracting for a circumnavigation delivery only to have the skipper pull a "Donald Crowhurst" on them. Instead of completing the circumnavigation as promised some less scrupulous skippers have simply brought the boat over the horizon, then hove-to or anchored up at a nearby island for an appropriate length of time, before sailing back in to their departure/destination port right on schedule. And they still charge the full contracted rate for a 24,000 +/- mile delivery! Some even more dishonest skippers (pirates?) will actually leave the boat anchored away somewhere while they go do another local delivery -- double dipping if you will.

Due diligence is the watchword here!!

sailhog · #9 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnRPollard

SH,

Yes, there has been a lot of confusion about this. There was another thread in which several of us (you and I included) were trying to get clarification on this point, but unfortunately the moderators shut it down (I think one of them had a horse in the race, if you know what I mean

).

Since the topic of deliveries has come up again, and since I mentioned the circumnavigation delivery option (which might be something Brak should consider given his disappointing experience with the one-way option), I should also mention that anyone considering this approach needs to check the skipper's credentials and references.

Obviously, the skipper needs to have ocean experience since it's hard to get all the way around without doing some off-shore legs or taking risky short-cuts.

Second -- and this is where the references come in -- make sure you can trust the skipper. There have been a lot of complaints lately by owners that got rooked after contracting for a circumnavigation delivery only to have the skipper pull a "Donald Crowhurst" on them. Instead of completing the circumnavigation as promised some less scrupulous skippers have simply brought the boat over the horizon, then hove-to or anchored up at a nearby island for an appropriate length of time, before sailing back in to their departure/destination port right on schedule. And they still charge the full contracted rate for a 24,000 +/- mile delivery! Some even more dishonest skippers (pirates?) will actually leave the boat anchored away somewhere while they go do another local delivery -- double dipping if you will.

Due diligence is the watchword here!!

Oh, god! I'm dying here! Dying! You, John, are a hoot!

AjariBonten · #10 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008

Ok, I'm lost .............

What the hell is a "Circumnavigation delivery" ?????

Why would I purchase a boat $$, outfit it for a circumnavigation $$$$$, then pay someone else to take it around $$$$$$$$ ???????????????????????

What am I missing?

Does not "delivery" mean moving said boat from point A to point B ?

I must be missing a crucial piece of the puzzle; would someone please enlighten me?