Small boat cruising in France

The link does not work but from the title alone I can imagine it's a grand adventure! I did some diving off the South of France and the scenery by water was incredible.
 
I've always thought it would be cool to have a small cruising boat that could be easily loaded into a standard container and shipped anywhere in the world. It would certainly open up a lot of cruising ground!
 
Wouldn't that be a hoot to get a CBGT all together and go to Europe for a month. (or two)

Bill & El How about it?

Merv
 
We discussed that on the site a few years ago and looked at the cost of shipping a CD-22 abroad. Price then seemed excessive. So we went over and rented a canal barge with friends and had a great cruise on English canals. To read about cruising narrowboats on the Cheshire Ring:

http://cruisingamerica-halcyondays.com/england.htm

Anyone interested, let's open a separate discussion and get it going.
Oh, beware of Kit Crewbucket!
 
El & Bill,
Having spent the first 30 years of so of my life in the UK, much of it in the Midlands area, I am very familiar with the Canal boat scene and still have friends in the area who do this with a passion. Your article at the time brought back many memories including some rather inglorious ones of racing sail boats on the river Trent. At least the water was warm when I fell in, thanks to the Nuclear Power stations :shock:

Another 1/3 of my life was spent in Switzerland where I suffered from the lack of salt water but was very aware of the fact that I could sail from there either to the North Sea or to the Mediterranean and I regret that I never did it.

Somewhere in the journal of the Sea Rover they mention what the costs were and I agree, if you had to add getting to the "Other" coast on top of it all then flying and renting is obviously far cheaper. Although, I wonder if we could not get a deal if there were enough of us.

I just have a vision of a fleet of Brats in the backwaters of France or downtown Amsterdam.

Hey, it's that time of year when we get to dream a bit...
Maybe tonight's lottery.....

Merv
 
Merv -
Do you have time to do some pricing? Years ago, we looked into shipping over in containers and also there is at least one ship that sinks like a dry dock, you power your boats on, brace them, it floats up and off she goes to Europe.

There might be some who would take their boats overseas for some extended cruising if the price looks right.
 
Even if the price looked HALF WAY right you could count us in !!! Merv, we hope you can look into it. With your connections on the other side of the pond if anybody can find something doable it's YOU !!!!
Bob & Betsy
 
In 2007, The Island Rover paid $6600.- for transportation from East coast to Europe plus about $600.- in insurance for a year in EU.

I will contact them and ask what their other options were.

I know it costs about $6000.- to transport a boat from WA to East Coast but you can normally get two boats on the truck which cuts it to $3000. (but then you need to go both ways so you are back up to $6K). Have not worked out what the costs of trailering might be but certainly not cheap considering storage etc.

Sure I will check into it and appreciate any inputs as I am sure there are many people on this site with better knowledge on the topic.

Note also that EU is 220-240V and all our boats are 120V.

Interesting project for the dark months :lol:

Merv
 
We paid $3000 to ship Chack Chack from Medford,Oregon to Albany NY last year, that was on the trailer and then loaded on a flatbed. If you use U ship I would think the prices would be even better as that was when diesel peaked at $5 per gallon.
Eric
 
We have trailered our boat behind our pickup back and forth to the east coast without any trouble - we suggest that for others (especially if you have a double axle trailer).

Then the cost is shipping to Europe and back.
 
Grumpy":2iz673xc said:
Note also that EU is 220-240V and all our boats are 120V
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What would be required to connect to 220?

Would trailering from the UK to Scandinavian countries and boating in the fjords be a reasonable thing to do? (i.e., not have to be crazy like HunkyDory Jay? :lol: )

Warren
 
Doryman":myu5t1ct said:
Grumpy":myu5t1ct said:
Note also that EU is 220-240V and all our boats are 120V
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What would be required to connect to 220?

I think you'd need a fairly large step-down transformer to be able to use everything on board, but a small 120 vac generator, like a Honda or Yamaha 1000 or 2000, would be a lot easier, if they'd allow you to run it on the docks. You could get by w/o a lot of electricity, really, IMHO.

Would trailering from the UK to Scandinavian countries and boating in the fjords be a reasonable thing to do? (i.e., not have to be crazy like HunkyDory Jay? :lol: )

You'd have to ferry the boat across the North Sea to get to Scandinavia, or at least cross the English Channel to Belgium or France. Once on the Continent, your cruising plans could take you progressively around the edges of the Baltic Sea from France, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, the three small countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, and then on to Finland, Sweden and to Norway. I'm wondering how compatible a 20 some foot boat would be with the ocean conditions found there, however. IMHO, the rivers and canals of Western, Central, and Southern Europe and the Mediterranean would be more suitable for a small boat. So much to see,so little time!

Warren
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Joe. :teeth :thup
 
1. OK - too expensive to ship over and back
2. OK - too complex (and expensive) to buy over there.
3. OK - all the Brats who have experience over there say it's great on the canal boats.

SO - LET'S DO IT !

Enuf talk - I'll check out England .

Who volunteers to check out France?
.... Netherlands?
.... Scotland?
.....Ireland?
.....Germany?

Anywhere else?
 
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