I was wondering if anyone would recommend a Boat Mover in Greenville NC area to drive GW 25ft boat to northeast?
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by sea or land?
if by sea, try Will with Captains Coach. he does yacht delivery professionally (as well as training). As a bonus, he documents everything on a youtube channel so you would get to see the journey as well.
if by sea, try Will with Captains Coach. he does yacht delivery professionally (as well as training). As a bonus, he documents everything on a youtube channel so you would get to see the journey as well.
I used U-Ship; make sure you torque the trailer wheels before they set off as they'll cannonball the delivery (they get paid on delivery). I purchased a 29' Grady on the East Coast and they arrived in California 2 days later...
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If it's from Greenville, I imagine you bought a boat or something else from Grady White themselves? Of which if that's the case, I imagine they likely have multiple different shippers in the area that they could recommend. If for some reason they don't, as mentioned you could always try U-Ship. But another question would be, why not do the trek yourself? I'm not sure where in the northeast that you're located, but it's less than 1k miles or so to central Maine and a 25' boat isn't a huge issue when trailering. I've done 3 different cross country roadtrips for boats over the last almost 10 years now, each of them being located in Maryland and then myself living just north of Seattle. The first time was a roundtrip trek from Seattle to Maryland and back, of which it was over 6k miles total and took me 7 days to do. Wouldn't recommend doing this though, as I was 31 at the time, starting a new job so I had the availability, but I was driving 1,100-1,200 miles or so each day and it was quite exhausting. I did it this way because it was early July and wanted to get the boat before the king salmon opener as well as get back before the 4th. There weren't any issues with the trailering and got the boat back home safely, but it was quite grueling doing a roundtrip journey across the country and back in 7 days.
I've done two other trips, both one way, including the purchase of my current boat, which is a 2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer. Flew out to Maryland again, rented a truck/U-Haul and then trailered each boat back the 3,009 miles across the country. Doing 3k-6k miles of driving was difficult at times with going multiple days/a week total, and driving over 1k miles in a day. That being said, in your situation possibly driving less than 1k mile trip total could quite easily be done in a weekend, especially if you leave early in the morning, do 500 miles or so each day and that would likely be less than 8 hours of driving per day. Especially if you've got a brand new trailer, unless there's inclement weather like snow, etc... I imagine it would be a pretty easy trek. As mentioned above, when I was looking at purchasing my boats I also looked at U-Ship. Each time they were at least the same price, if not sometimes considerably more expensive, than doing the trek myself. Each time I checked, they were also typically 2-3+ weeks out, and then it would take them a week or so to get my boat to me. Each time I decided it would be quicker and cheaper to do it myself, as well as I could make sure the trip was done correctly/safely. There have been a few stories, one on here in particular, where a shipping company was driving the owner's boat through a snowstorm and rolled it off the trailer into a median on the highway/interstate. So, if you're adamant about having the boat shipped to you and not doing it yourself, definitely make sure you get some good reviews, check online with the company's reputation, etc. Also, make sure they obviously have insurance that will cover the boat/trailer/motors in the event that there is a total loss, as you don't want to be out of pocket any money if there were to be an accident, especially if it wasn't your fault.
I've done two other trips, both one way, including the purchase of my current boat, which is a 2004 Grady White 228 Seafarer. Flew out to Maryland again, rented a truck/U-Haul and then trailered each boat back the 3,009 miles across the country. Doing 3k-6k miles of driving was difficult at times with going multiple days/a week total, and driving over 1k miles in a day. That being said, in your situation possibly driving less than 1k mile trip total could quite easily be done in a weekend, especially if you leave early in the morning, do 500 miles or so each day and that would likely be less than 8 hours of driving per day. Especially if you've got a brand new trailer, unless there's inclement weather like snow, etc... I imagine it would be a pretty easy trek. As mentioned above, when I was looking at purchasing my boats I also looked at U-Ship. Each time they were at least the same price, if not sometimes considerably more expensive, than doing the trek myself. Each time I checked, they were also typically 2-3+ weeks out, and then it would take them a week or so to get my boat to me. Each time I decided it would be quicker and cheaper to do it myself, as well as I could make sure the trip was done correctly/safely. There have been a few stories, one on here in particular, where a shipping company was driving the owner's boat through a snowstorm and rolled it off the trailer into a median on the highway/interstate. So, if you're adamant about having the boat shipped to you and not doing it yourself, definitely make sure you get some good reviews, check online with the company's reputation, etc. Also, make sure they obviously have insurance that will cover the boat/trailer/motors in the event that there is a total loss, as you don't want to be out of pocket any money if there were to be an accident, especially if it wasn't your fault.
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