Move Your Boat Hassle-Free with Yacht Captain 4 Hire
Published: Friday, May 13, 2022 12:00 pm
By: Nicole Tatum
Ahoy boaters, cheers to spring and bringing your boat home!
I was contacted by someone who purchased their new boat in Connecticut, 2,000 nm’s to get her home for this summer’s use. When the owner considered booking with my business, Yacht Captain 4 Hire, his biggest concern was the St. Lawrence Seaway would not open for 2 more months, and he needed to get her home for preparations for all the summer outings. I listened and said let me see what I can do. I was able to work with the right contacts obtaining a special permissions passage for delivery of their new vessel pre-season. Let’s just say we gathered approval from almost 20 persons in the Seaway to do this trip. With that said we were on our way with our crew of 5 to bring her home.
Whether it is for a boat owner, crew, or us being contracted to deliver a vessel - one of the things Yacht Captain 4 Hire specializes in is what is takes to move a vessel through various countries and waterways by relationships with necessary approvals to do so. If you are planning to transit new areas I can help you with documents for approval, customs and immigration procedures and document’s, fees and paperwork for certain passages, fuel deliveries/stops, dockage or landings to fuel/provision for a touch and go, additional crew experienced in these areas and certified to work on vessels of larger size if needed, transportation and logistics of crew/parts/uncommon requests, etc. I can streamline it all for you based around your needs.
Transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway is an epic passage to get your boat to the Great Lakes. Some come for the summer and some stay but the whole experience is like no other. There can be many lobster or crab pots out, there can still be ice and snow in the distance atop the several ski resorts hills. There can be a few icebergs still floating through. For our trip we went from dodging lobster pots to dodging iceberg's. Throughout this the sea life of sea lions (which I call a sea dog after seeing how they pick their head up and watch the boat drive by like a lab dog) and whales, many various light houses, many local fishing boats, and shore side views are gorgeous. If you have time and wish to stop into some of these towns and cities you will be full of rich culture and history, great food, and drinks, and wonderful museums and hikes. I was even taking in and given a Canadian Thanksgiving experience while I was in port last year, everyone is so nice. Two dishes I had pleasure to experience with local seafoods are the Canadian seafood poutine and had a homemade Nova Scotian chowder for another home visit we were offered and take in for. On top of the generosity ashore depending on which route you take around Price Edward Island you can view the rare Northern Gannet bird's native to only that area and take your boat right by the Perce Rock - is one of the natural wonders of the world being one of the largest arches over the water. My favorite town to see is Peggy’s Cove and my favorite hike is to Cape Split followed by a traditional lobster dinner on the Bay of Fundy experiencing the largest tide range in the world that can be 52’ at times. You can see the tide move in and out incredibly fast.
Of course, how could you fit in to an article the real experience? I can tell you if you wish for me to take you and your boat here, I can take you to all the spots to experience the trip of a lifetime.
tags: Beyond the Great Lakes, Service, Vessel Documentation, Yacht
