The questions everybody asks
Written because nobody else has, and because the answers are calculated rather than guessed. Free to read whether or not you ever hire anyone through here.
How Long Does It Take to Truck a Boat from the Northeast to Florida?
Three days in November, two in May. Why an oversize boat move takes longer in the fall, worked out from actual daylight hours along the corridor.
Does My Insurance Cover a Hired Driver in My Own Truck?
The question that stops more boat moves than any other. What to ask your agent before you let someone else drive your rig with your boat behind it.
Does a 12 Foot Beam Need Permits? Oversize Boat Transport Explained
Anything over 8 feet 6 inches is oversize in every state. What permits govern, why the route is fixed, and the two things that catch people out.
When Should a Boat Go South, and Come Back North?
Both runs cluster into a few weeks. Why the spring northbound trip has a hard deadline set by your underwriter, and when to book.
What Does It Cost to Move a Boat from Connecticut to Florida?
Every line in a boat move: driver days, flights, fuel at towing mileage, permits, escorts, lifts. Work out your own number with real quotes.
What Does It Cost to Move a Boat from New York to Florida?
The same lines, plus the ones Long Island adds, the tolls off the Island and the permitted run through the metro before she is even clear of the state.
What Does It Cost to Move a Boat from New Jersey to Florida?
The shortest road start of any Northeast state, and why getting a wide boat off a barrier-island causeway is the leg that sets the day.
What Does It Cost to Move a Boat from Massachusetts to Florida?
The longest of the Northeast runs, where the extra road day is where the money is, plus getting off Cape Cod over the two canal bridges.
What Does It Cost to Move a Boat from Rhode Island to Florida?
A whole fleet packed into Narragansett Bay, and how boats leaving the same water the same week can share a run and bring the per-boat cost down.
Truck the Boat, or Hire a Delivery Captain to Run Her South?
Two ways to move her, and they are not close substitutes. What decides it, how a captain charges, and what to check before you hand over the keys.
Hiring Someone to Drive Your Truck and Boat to Florida
The arrangement most owners do not know exists. You keep your truck and trailer and buy somebody's days. What it costs, who pays for what, and what to check.
Boat Transport from Long Island to Florida
The first forty miles decide the job. Why the parkways are out, the three ways off the Island, the ferries, and where the premium comes from.
What Does a Delivery Captain Cost, Northeast to Florida?
Day rates, crew, fuel, dockage and the weather days nobody quotes for. Every line in a delivery, and how to make three quotes comparable.
Boat Transport from Florida Back to the Northeast
The spring run has the only hard date in the boating year behind it. What 1 June actually means on your policy, and which direction is the cheap one in each season.
Shipping a Small Boat to Florida: Do You Need Your Own Trailer?
Under 8 feet 6 there are no permits, no escorts and no daylight limit. The real question is whose trailer she rides on, and what to ask whoever supplies it.