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Posted on 04/01/2019 8:56:06 AM PDT by fishtank
You Should Deliver Yachts
March 31, 2019
by CW4 MICHAEL W. CARR
By Michael Carr –
"“You should deliver yachts! Really, its good money and you will always have work.”
“I’m not sure,” he replied to his friend’s recommendation.
He was not a “yachty” at heart and was not sure about sailing rich people’s boats from place to place. But he did like to sail and certainly needed to work.
“Just give it a try,” his friend encouraged. So he did.
But now, close reaching across the Gulf of Maine, heading towards the Cape Cod Canal from Southwest Harbor Maine, he was having serious second thoughts.
He and the boat’s owner had departed Southwest Harbor that morning, in a snowstorm. It was the day after Thanksgiving. Dock lines were frozen, and there were no well-wishers on the dock as they departed.
“Since we have departed after noon I should only have to pay you for half a day, don’t you agree?” were the first words spoken by the owner as they motored slowly east toward the Western Way, where they would turn south.""
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I would LOVE to know who the “owner” is in this story....
Any guesses???
My brother pays the captain of his boat a nice six figure income.
Delivering yachts isn’t so bad.
Delivering owners is heck of a way to make money. I wouldn’t do it.
Cool. Must be nice having Jeff Bezos for your brother!
Love your tagline!!!!!!!!!
> Jeff Bezos for your brother
ug. I’ll keep mine
He’s rich, but not that rich. ;)
Interesting story. But the trouble with you Americans is....
Why didn’t he tell the owner to fly down, and find a crewman for the rest of the trip.
Delivering yachts is all good, until you get put on a crew with alcoholics and nut jobs. Google “The Sinking of the Trashman.”
....had an uncle who did just that delivered yatchs....from Boston to the Caribbean at the beginning of the season and back at the end...airfare back and forth when not sailing and a fireman when home.
Made headlines once when he and his mate got caught buy a quick moving storm off the Carolinas...got rescued by an Irish freighter...went to Ireland and flew back home...happened back in the 80’s
Leaving Maine for Bermuda, this is the second best time of year. If you leave much past June you are in hurricane season. The only thing worse than a snowy nor'easter is a cat 1(-5). The delivery skipper should have checked the tanks and the guys that writes the checks are usually @!*$. Furthermore, I would have wanted a third person for an offshore delivery in late fall.
...or it might have been early 90’
My bro bought a really big boat, 48 foot, with sails and a motor, in Frisco and had to hire a crew to move it to San Diego.
You need some kind of license to drive one of these?
info info info
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/nmc/merchant_mariner_credential/
http://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=054-09&category=captains-license-info
https://www.marinerslearningsystem.com/uscg-captains-license-courses
The problem with you Americans is you don’t know how to pour a beer.
Lol....I wish it really was just that
Seems to me the Captain was a mite sensitive the whole trip
Or maybe he wasn’t being paid enough to put up with it
It’s rare for an owner to accompany the boat on transit to vacay spots
Usually owners just lounge aboard at harbor in south of France or Caribbean and day sail maybe at most
Plus I’d want 2-3 crew to deliver a sloop from Maine to Bermuda in winter
For weather beatdowns
If owner was a real sailor he’d have been captain and needed crew instead of Vice versa
If he’d hugged USA east coastline to nagshead that’s 1500 miles from Buzzard bay MA
weeks sail more or less
Thanks
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