Weather Routing for Yacht Deliveries: How Professionals Pick the Window
How professional delivery crews use forecast models, GRIB files, ensembles and professional routers to choose a safe departure window and route.
How professional delivery crews use forecast models, GRIB files, ensembles and professional routers to choose a safe departure window and route.
A practical offshore safety equipment checklist for yacht deliveries: life raft, EPIRB, lifejackets, communications, fire and flooding, medical and heavy-weather gear.
How to plan a yacht delivery in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Baltic: straits, bridge clearances, archipelagos, canals, seasons and weather.
Sea delivery, road transport or shipping? How to choose the best way to move a sailboat or large motorboat across Europe.
Professional yacht delivery across Europe — Scandinavia, the Baltic, the North Sea, the Atlantic coast and the Mediterranean: routes, seasons, paperwork and costs.
How professional crews plan a motor yacht delivery: real range calculations, fuel reserves, economical cruising speed, fuel quality and long legs.
What changes when a professional crew delivers a catamaran: beam and berths, reefing by wind speed, bridgedeck slamming, weight and two-engine checks.
How to plan a yacht delivery through the North Sea and English Channel: tides, the Dover Strait traffic separation scheme, tidal races, wind farms and weather windows.
Who insures what during a yacht delivery: your hull policy, cruising limits, crew requirements, skipper liability insurance and the common gaps owners miss.
What qualifications a yacht delivery skipper needs, 12 questions to ask before you hire, red flags to watch for, and freelancer vs. delivery company.