Comments on: Bluemapia.com, Seasons, Trucking http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/ The sailing blog of young Australian, sailing solo half way around the world from Europe to Australia aboard a small boat with small funds! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:55:21 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Simon (Doris) http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8866 Simon (Doris) Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:40:57 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8866 Hi Nick ... So you are looking to move up to 32ft - Hmn ... Big boats, Small boats, Old boats, New boats - I have been thinking of selling Doris (35ft) for something in the 25-27ft range, made of aluminium and preferably without an inboard engine. Maybe I should rethink my madness?!?!?!? Hi Nick … So you are looking to move up to 32ft – Hmn …
Big boats, Small boats, Old boats, New boats – I have been thinking of selling Doris (35ft) for something in the 25-27ft range, made of aluminium and preferably without an inboard engine.

Maybe I should rethink my madness?!?!?!?

]]> By: Eva http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8865 Eva Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:11:02 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8865 Hey Nick, By now we managed to get Aphrodite back to Germany from Cadiz near Gibraltar. It was a 300-km-trip and it cost us about as many Euros (mainly because of the diesel costs here in Europe). We hired a Jeep Cherokee and a trailer, both suitable to tow 3,5 tons of weight and a boat with 1,5m draft. It wasn't cheap but what I want to say is that you don't need a truck. Maybe there is a possibility for you to get all this a bit cheaper?! Hope you find a way! Hey Nick,

By now we managed to get Aphrodite back to Germany from Cadiz near Gibraltar. It was a 300-km-trip and it cost us about as many Euros (mainly because of the diesel costs here in Europe). We hired a Jeep Cherokee and a trailer, both suitable to tow 3,5 tons of weight and a boat with 1,5m draft. It wasn’t cheap but what I want to say is that you don’t need a truck. Maybe there is a possibility for you to get all this a bit cheaper?!
Hope you find a way!

]]> By: Philllip Peacock http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8862 Philllip Peacock Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:35:47 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8862 G'day Nick, again. For my 2 bob's worth, I figure that you'll need to be sufficiently cashed up to provide your food and repairs for the whole of the trip home - that's what? a couple of months. And then there's the cost of the Canal or trucking across the continent. Have you worked out the canal costs by themselves? I've read a figure approaching a grand. I just reckon that for that 6 or 8 or 12 month's food & repair cost, you'd be better off going via South Africa, stopping off on some cheaper victualling places on the way, and then back to West Oz and then to Port Philllip. You'd save the trucking or Panama Canal fees; you'd come across fewer shops to spend money in and the time spent getting in and out of ports, and you'd live cheaper on 3rd world grocery prices. Yes, yes, you want to go via the South Pacific - but if you run out of money, even less than you had in Europe - it's better than selling your boat. Kind regards, Phill Peacock Mt Waverley G’day Nick,

again.
For my 2 bob’s worth, I figure that you’ll need to be sufficiently cashed up to provide your food and repairs for the whole of the trip home – that’s what? a couple of months. And then there’s the cost of the Canal or trucking across the continent. Have you worked out the canal costs by themselves? I’ve read a figure approaching a grand.

I just reckon that for that 6 or 8 or 12 month’s food & repair cost, you’d be better off going via South Africa, stopping off on some cheaper victualling places on the way, and then back to West Oz and then to Port Philllip. You’d save the trucking or Panama Canal fees; you’d come across fewer shops to spend money in and the time spent getting in and out of ports, and you’d live cheaper on 3rd world grocery prices. Yes, yes, you want to go via the South Pacific – but if you run out of money, even less than you had in Europe – it’s better than selling your boat.

Kind regards,
Phill Peacock
Mt Waverley

]]> By: Marcello http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8861 Marcello Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:36:33 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8861 Caribbean. Sunny bays. Winter there. Then Panama or bike. Transportation in Mexico can be less expensive. Caribbean. Sunny bays. Winter there. Then Panama or bike. Transportation in Mexico can be less expensive.

]]> By: Nick http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8860 Nick Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:32:05 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8860 Hey Lee - I'll write you a personal email, but so as there isn't any confusion - You're down in the Gulf, so that November date doesn't apply to you - From the US east coast we only have the first two weeks in November, but down where you are, you have more time - n! Hey Lee – I’ll write you a personal email, but so as there isn’t any confusion – You’re down in the Gulf, so that November date doesn’t apply to you – From the US east coast we only have the first two weeks in November, but down where you are, you have more time -

n!

]]> By: Lee http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8859 Lee Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:25:51 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8859 Hey Nick, Had a couple of thoughts that may be of interest. Save money and get warm all at once. It might be cheaper to run the ICW down to this neck of the woods then look for a transport truck to San Diego from here. This area, just south of Houston, TX, is the third largest concentrations of sailboats in the US so there are a lot of shipping options. Plus, it's been sunny and 70 for 9 days running. I've also got a buddy from grad school who runs a trucking company, Jack B. Kelly, who might be able to give you some ideas on how to get your boat shipped on the cheap. Let me know and I can arrange a call or introduce you via email. Despite you telling me in your post I can't leave for Panama in December that's exactly what I am doing. If all else fails, flotilla to Mexico? Hey Nick,

Had a couple of thoughts that may be of interest. Save money and get warm all at once. It might be cheaper to run the ICW down to this neck of the woods then look for a transport truck to San Diego from here. This area, just south of Houston, TX, is the third largest concentrations of sailboats in the US so there are a lot of shipping options. Plus, it’s been sunny and 70 for 9 days running.

I’ve also got a buddy from grad school who runs a trucking company, Jack B. Kelly, who might be able to give you some ideas on how to get your boat shipped on the cheap. Let me know and I can arrange a call or introduce you via email.

Despite you telling me in your post I can’t leave for Panama in December that’s exactly what I am doing. If all else fails, flotilla to Mexico?

]]> By: Nick http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8858 Nick Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:37:50 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8858 @Maria - DEAL! @David - Ah ha, I knew something was going on! You method of calculation is brilliant. I'm officially in the market for a Contessa 32! ;) @Maria – DEAL!

@David – Ah ha, I knew something was going on! You method of calculation is brilliant.

I’m officially in the market for a Contessa 32! ;)

]]> By: David http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8857 David Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:14:28 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8857 There's an old rule of thumb about how youu need at least 1ft of boat length for each year of age - as we age our tolerance decreases and our need for space increases. I see you're now a 27 year old with a 26ft boat - so look for a Contessa 32 and your worries are solved for another five years! There’s an old rule of thumb about how youu need at least 1ft of boat length for each year of age – as we age our tolerance decreases and our need for space increases. I see you’re now a 27 year old with a 26ft boat – so look for a Contessa 32 and your worries are solved for another five years!

]]> By: Maria http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8856 Maria Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:28:40 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8856 Why have you stopped sailing? Just kidding. Hey, I'll swap boats with you. Now there's an eye deer. ;) Why have you stopped sailing?
Just kidding.
Hey, I’ll swap boats with you.
Now there’s an eye deer.
;)

]]> By: Nick http://www.bigoceans.com/2008/11/03/bluemapiacom-seasons-trucking/comment-page-1/#comment-8855 Nick Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:02:56 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/?p=240#comment-8855 Oh, I do like the idea of a few big Clydesdales. Imagine! Hopping along those great prairies, Constellation in tow... I'd be whistling a wee tune, maybe chewing a piece of hay, waving to cars as they went past. I'm not sure about the legalities though. I wonder who I could ask? I think this would make a wonderful Mongolian trip. Perhaps if I had any sense at all, I'd sail back into the Mediterranean, into the Black Sea, overland (with those Clydesdales, or maybe a special breed of Arabian towing horse) to the Caspian sea, over Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and into Mongolia. This would be the ultimate overland voyage! America is not hard enough! Oh, I do like the idea of a few big Clydesdales. Imagine! Hopping along those great prairies, Constellation in tow… I’d be whistling a wee tune, maybe chewing a piece of hay, waving to cars as they went past.

I’m not sure about the legalities though. I wonder who I could ask? I think this would make a wonderful Mongolian trip. Perhaps if I had any sense at all, I’d sail back into the Mediterranean, into the Black Sea, overland (with those Clydesdales, or maybe a special breed of Arabian towing horse) to the Caspian sea, over Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and into Mongolia. This would be the ultimate overland voyage! America is not hard enough!

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