Shipping a Hurricane mast

   One of the crew from Ballyholme is relocating to the middle-east (UAE) and is considering taking his Hurricane with him. Now the H59 is a big beast but it does break down and pack fairly easily into an ISO crate

The main problem is the mast - never measured it myself but it's got to be somewhere between 9 and 10m long.

Anyone got any ideas or experience of freighting a boat that far? I'm aware that UK cats ship to Aruba etc but that's in a batch of 10+ cats so the cost is shared. This is just the one cat and he is trying to work out whether taking the boat will be cost effective.

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English Dave Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 10 Aug 06 Location: Northern Ireland Online Status: Offline Posts: 682	Post Options Post Reply Quote English Dave Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Shipping a Hurricane mast Posted: 14 Jul 08 at 2:22am
	One of the crew from Ballyholme is relocating to the middle-east (UAE) and is considering taking his Hurricane with him. Now the H59 is a big beast but it does break down and pack fairly easily into an ISO crate The main problem is the mast - never measured it myself but it's got to be somewhere between 9 and 10m long. Anyone got any ideas or experience of freighting a boat that far? I'm aware that UK cats ship to Aruba etc but that's in a batch of 10+ cats so the cost is shared. This is just the one cat and he is trying to work out whether taking the boat will be cost effective.
	English Dave Ballyholme Yacht Club (You'd think I'd be better at it by now) Hurricane 5.9 SX RS700

tornado435 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 05 May 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 196	Post Options Post Reply Quote tornado435 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 08 at 2:12pm
	Dave We brought our dart 18 back from Kenya but left the mast behind. Mom had the hulls and bits and pieces packed in a 20 foot container with the rest of her personal effects. All he needs is enough personal effects to fill a 40 foot container and just put the hurri in with it. Not sure how you would send a hurri by itself. You may be able to send the mast as deck cargo but I'm not sure.

winging it Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 22 Mar 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3958	Post Options Post Reply Quote winging it Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jul 08 at 10:28am
	We packed our contenders into their container for the worlds in Kingston, Ontario yesterday - and then found the two alloy masts wouldn't fit. They are now going separately at a cost of £260. Our shippers are Peters & May who have been fantastically helpful. Our contact is a lady called Bethany King. I'm sure they can help you out. We got four contenders, three trolleys and two carbon masts into a 20 foot container. The problem was the boats took up all of the diagonal angle we needed for the masts. Hint - consider the INTERNAL dimensions of the container, not the external length,,,,,
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