Transfers

Motor and Sailing Boats

Specialized Service

Transferring your boat is not always a simple thing. Sometimes there is no time. Maybe it’s a new purchase, the necessary ability to calculate the best route, the weather conditions or simply the support of an expert companion who can accompany you or help you get to know the boat. Entrusting your boat, your investment or your long-desired dream to others who will take care of transferring it, means seeking and finding competent, capable and available people.

Having a passion for boats treatinh them in a way as if they were our own, we suggest you rely on our boat transfer service: with a minimum crew (1 or 2 people in most cases), with or without the owner, we are able to safely move your boat.

All our captains are qualified and referenced with a lot of experience in carrying out this delicate operation, especially for transfers to and from Sardinia and Corsica, with an important knowledge of the best nautical routes.

Our boat transfer procedures provide maximum clarity and responsibility in all phases, from the first information to the moment of delivery.

There are some phases that begin when you contact us and explain exactly when you would like to make the transfer, giving us more details on:

• Type of boat

• Its on-board equipment

• Insurance coverage

• Route to be taken

This will allow us to offer you one or, if possible, more solutions on the transfer and all the related costs. You will then be able to appreciate our experience and evaluate our proposals and our best economic offer. Once we have identified how, when and how much it costs, everything will be planned and put into practice. Any changes to the plans will be communicated to you in real time and you will be constantly informed of the position of your boat during its sea voyage.

At the time of delivery or collection of the boat, the following checks will be carried out. All checks will be included in a check list, sent to the owner before departure.

• Structure of the yacht (bulkheads, structural joints, chain plates, etc., sealing of skylights and portholes, guardrails, handrails, etc.).

• Condition of deck equipment, rigging, sails, ropes.

• Engine: general condition, belts, levels, smoke, spare material, transmission.

• Tanks: any leaks, cleanliness of the fuel tank and filters, operation of the levels.

• Electrical system, in particular for batteries, electronic instrumentation circuits, autopilot, navigation lights, windlass, etc.

• Condition of the hull and underwater appendages, propellers.

• documents: they will be checked and integrated with what is necessary for navigation (booklet, insurance, purchase contract, company records, crew visas, etc.)

•  safety equipment

• The boat will be tested at sea, if necessary, to give the crew confidence in the efficiency of the vehicle they will be transferring

   

• Everything that is superfluous to navigation or the owner’s personal equipment will be protected and stowed correctly

   

• All surfaces at risk regarding use during the transfer will be protected

   

• The tests, the actual conditions of the boat and anything else at the time of boarding of our crew will be documented with photographs that will be sent to the owner before departure

• Your boat will be conducted with extreme care and professionalism, sea and wind will be faced in a conservative manner, both to maintain a high level of safety and to minimize stress and wear on the hull, equipment, engine and sails.

   

• The Owner will be updated on the position of his boat and on the progress of the navigation, via SMS, telephone, email

   

• We will use our experience in meteorology to plan the navigation in maximum safety

   

•  During navigation, the logbook will be drawn up which includes all navigation and noteworthy events

• Upon arrival, the boat will be desalted, cleaned above and below deck, the sails covered or stowed, the mooring made safe even for long periods, always with photos and videos forwarded to the owner.

• The navigation logbook will be integrated, and then delivered to the owner, with the final observations on the transfer and on anything that may emerge on the condition of the boat, all accompanied by photographs and/or videos.

• Delivery of the boat: when the boat is delivered or collected by the skipper in charge of the transfer, everything must be in order; the documents and mandatory safety equipment must be in order, and above all the boat must be in proper conditions to sail without problems! Any known defects and any special procedures to be adopted in certain situations must be listed to the skipper at the time of delivery, in order to limit as much as possible the number of unforeseen events that could occur during the transfer of the boat.

• Calculating transfer costs: the costs that you must estimate for the transfer of the boat are essentially three: fees, direct expenses and crew claims.

• Fees: they are proportional to the number of miles to be traveled on the best route based on the weather and sea conditions and are adequate for the number of people required, approximately from € 1.00 to a maximum of € 3.00 per mile traveled, detailed in the estimate phase.

• Direct expenses: the expenses incurred for fuel and moorings are estimated and detailed in the estimate phase; documented at the time of expenditure with justifications. A reasonable percentage subject to unforeseen events is always considered, which will always be communicated to the owner in advance.

• The exposed expenses: represent all the out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the crew for the transfer of the boat and increase according to the time used. Estimates and details in the estimate phase. A reasonable percentage subject to unforeseen circumstances is always considered, which will always be communicated in advance. The owner must reimburse the crew for all expenses (reasonably) incurred and documented by the relevant justifications that will be presented at the end of the financial year.