Yacht Delivery
When to use yacht delivery service?
Changing Harbour
When the yacht is in a distant harbour and you want to move it but you don’t have time or possibility to do it on your own. The main reason for moving the yacht is often the high cost of keeping it harboured longer in the same place.
New / Bought Yacht
When you bought a yacht abroad, but you don’t have the qualifications to transport it or don’t fully trust your skills over long-distance routes. Or when you want a professional crew, handle it and check capabilities of the new vessel.
Calm Holidays
When you want to spend your holidays sailing in a new place, but at the same time don’t want to waste your free time for transporting the yacht. Hiring a crew to deliver it to the location on time may be a much better option.
Support Needed
If you want to oversee the transport, but can’t handle it on your own, then you can hire a crew for the passage – it will let you test your sailing abilities with the comfort and expertise of constant support and care during the cruise.
What We Offer
Our crew has been traversing seas for many years. Thousands of sailed miles – on small motor and sail yachts, sea cruisers, and tall ships – have given us the experience and knowledge necessary to guarantee safe delivery of sailing and power vessels wherever and whenever you need it.
1. Pre-delivery
When your crew reaches the vessel, before starting the passage, they spend at least 24 hours at checking the boat technically and preparing it for the delivery. It’s our standard procedure covering both short and long yacht transfers. The check includes a comprehensive checklist of functions of all equipment and parts of the vessel – from radio and motor to mast and rigging. All problems and vulnerabilities are reported to the client. More severe damages that cannot be easily repaired during a cruise need to be fixed before setting out.
The pre-delivery process may be a consuming time process but very worthwhile to ensure that the yacht delivery will be safe for both vessel and crew.
2. During delivery
When sailing, the yacht is being checked by our crew following good seamanship: sunset, sunrise and daytime rigging checks, etc. We also often do small repairs on a vessel. Among others, our team uses their own sheets and sleeping bags – they are careful not to damage the vessel in any way. Navigation is conducted as required, i.e. not just with a plotter, but also printed charts and a logbook. Our satellite monitoring (live GPS localisation) gives the owner the exact position of the yacht every 30 minutes. These data can be displayed in a dedicated application on computer or phone. That way, our client can quickly check where his/her vessel is during the time of the whole passage.
3. Post-delivery
After delivery, we will check the yacht carefully and prepare photographic documentation. On this basis, we draw up a report for the owner to identify places and systems that require special attention. These can be, for example, ropes that will need to be replaced soon, a deck that needs to be sealed or constructions that should be reinforced and secured. At the client’s request, we rent a local cleaning company, so that a nice and clean yacht can be prepared ready to welcome its owner. We also often arrange a note from the transfer of the vessel – the receiving person certifies the equipment and condition of the boat.
4. Customs and Clearance
We are familiar with Customs and Clearance procedures as well as with obtaining the correct paperwork when required. Our company is experienced in moving yachts from one country to another. It is very important to go through these procedures correctly so that you can avoid many future problems.
It’s essential to know what is allowed and what’s forbidden. We can also help with matters related to changing the flag. National regulations apply, and they are very diverse. Also, under one flag, your commercial vessel will require completely different documents than the pleasure boat.
5. Insurance
All our captains are have an additional insurance called Pantaenius Skipper Third Party Liability. It means that, as skippers, they are personally liable, to the extent of their assets, for all damages they cause to third parties through the use of another’s yacht. Check out the Pantaenius.de site to learn more.
Please note – boat insurance is always the most important one. Any losses will be covered first from this insurance, according to International Law. Our clients often ask us if they could use only their insurance. The answer is: ‘No, they cannot’. What’s also important is that only the owner can ensure the vessel and it’s forbidden to buy few insurances for the same object. The skipper can purchase extra protection which will be treated as an extension for the leading boat’s insurance.
Better check it first
Regardless of whether you bought a new boat straight from the factory or bought a used yacht and want to transport it to yourself – we know how to go about it. In both cases, you don’t know much about your new vessel yet. Used yachts may have hidden flaws, and if you have not used the surveyor’s assistance, you have to be aware of the fact that you will probably have to do some additional repairs or equipment replacement. Therefore, before setting off, we will ask you for the most accurate data possible. We will check what has not been checked and what has been checked many times. Before leaving the marina, all the key systems for navigation and safety must be checked as operational.
While buying a new yacht
In the case of new vessels – many of our clients are surprised of how often new yachts require corrections after the first two days of testing on the water. Poorly twisted parts go loosen, badly matched parts crackle, carelessly glued fragments diverge… Therefore, it is crucial to spend a minimum of two days on the water during reception and test the vessel on waves and wind. That’s the best moment to make any comments to the dealer and ask for all necessary fixes.
One of a good examples is that the new yacht has a new engine which requires a review after about 100mh (one hundred moto hours). In such cases, we arrange an engine service along the way, among all order necessary services described in the warranty card. Very often we organize a contact between our client and a proper company. The owner sets the details and payment, then our crew transports the vessel at the arranged place and help in a service operations.
Our skippers and crew
Our skippers deliver yachts from any location to a destination of your choice. Among us are many captains with over 40 years of sailing on seas and oceans. We sail on many different types of yachts – small sail and motor boats, touristic vessels, sport and luxury yachts, catamarans or even tall ships.
Depending on the vessel size and complexity, on yacht deliveries we supply a minimum of 2 crew and 3 or more crew on longer, trans-ocean passages.
1. Skipper: RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean or Offshore qualified. Assessed and interviewed by a senior skipper before selection.
2. 1st Mate: RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore qualified and thoroughly vetted to work as 1st Mate, normally after several passages as a deckhand.
3. Deckhands: Frequently RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore qualified or RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Coastal qualified.
Dedicated crew for tall ship deliveries
Please note that we are also Tall Ships Captains and Mates. Tall ship deliveries require especially experienced people. There is no room for ‘learning on the way’ here.
Be a part of your yacht delivery crew!
Many of our customers ask if they can join us on the passage. Of course. We invite our clients to join our crew on the whole delivery route or on any selected stage of it. Our crew always try to convey their knowledge so that the owner can handle his vessel better, more confidently and safer. If there is such a wish, we also allow our clients to invite guests for calmer yacht delivery cruises. Let us just remember that the captain is always right and decisive when executing orders.
Every delivery is different. That is why our contracts are based on the requirements and expectations of individual customers.
What does the price of delivery include?
Usually we pay for regular delivery expenses, such like: skipper’s, mate’s and deckhand’s salary, fuel, water, food, port fees, customs and clearance fees, canal’s fee, bad weather stops, repair stops up to one day, pre-delivery survey, post-delivery cleaning, air tickets, on-land travel to your vessel and back from final destination, charts with latest updates (if not on board), nautical almanacs, post-delivery technical report, etc.
Who pays for fuel?
We have two main kinds of agreement here. We can include fuel in the price of the service. Then we assume in advance how much fuel we will need. The second model obliges the owner to return the amount of money for the fuel purchased during the passage. (Please remember that burning on the same yacht will be different depending on the season, weather and sailing conditions and even the direction of the route.)
Sometimes we have deliveries in the middle of winter on the Norwegian or Irish seas. In both cases, short weather windows had to be fully used between multi-day winter storms. In that case we go on the engine because it’s safer for both vessel and crew, and because a day shorter in miles by 20(nm) can often mean the next stop will take even a few days longer. This is an extreme example, but it illustrates well how much mentioned factors affect fuel consumption.
Necessary repair expenses
We can make only small repairs during the passage. If engine, sails or any other part has to be repaired (according to safety reasons), the customer has to pay for it. Otherwise, we won’t be able to perform delivery. All expenses have to be approved by the client. Refunds are possible only with invoices. Delay due to repairs costs 100 euro/day. In case if the repair cannot be done within three days, we have the right to terminate the contract.
Remember – most points of our contract can be negotiated, because every yacht delivery is different.
Usually, we require payment as follows:
- 10% twenty one (21) days before delivery – to reserve a time frame for our skippers and crew. Also, flight tickets cost less when we buy them earlier.
- 50% in the day when delivery starts, the latest. Delivery cost and we need money to cover part of expenses
- 40% in the day when a vessel reaches its destination.
We accept payments in: cash, checks, bank transfers, credit cards and PayPal.
Remember – most points of our contract can be negotiated before the service, because every yacht delivery is different.
We issue VAT invoices
Company address: Al. Krakowska 60, 05552 Mrokow, Poland
Account in EURO:
IBAN: PL41 1600 1286 1846 8955 2000 0003
Account in GBP:
IBAN: PL57 1600 1286 1846 8955 2000 0006
Account in PLN:
IBAN: PL95 1600 1286 1846 8955 2000 0001
BIC (same for all accounts): PPABPLPK
Our Yacht Delivery Process
Your Inquiry
Let us know what kind of vessel you need to deliver and when. You will get our answer within 48 hours.
Fair Contract
The contract is fair and simple, and it clarifies the price, responsibility, payment terms(…). No hidden costs.
Delivery Plan
In 24 hours to a few weeks (It depends on the contract), we prepare a safe and effective transfer.
Yacht Delivery
Preceded by technical inspection and repairs (pre-delivery process). Our crew delivers your vessel safely.
Post-delivery
The vessel is being cleaned and checked. Full report and post-delivery survey are prepared.
Examples of Yacht Deliveries
We try to update all the current yacht deliveries on an ongoing basis. However, our office team is not very numerous, which is why we ask for your understanding in terms of the amount of information added here – we are not able to describe all yacht deliveries we performed. We add as many deliveries with descriptions as we can, to create a better understanding of our work.
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