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Shipping a dinghy from Britain

  • 16-07-2008 02:05PM
    #1
    SectionF
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    Is there anyone who provides this service?
    I have a dinghy I need to get to Dun Laoghaire. Any ideas on the most cost-effective method? I'm happy to walk on and walk off pulling the trailer rather than pay for car/trailer or van, which seems prohibitive. Or perhaps someone makes the trip regularly?


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  • #2
    JamesM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,774 ✭✭✭JamesM


    I do my own runs now, but about 20 years ago I had a boat delivered to Holyhead on a trailer. Stena towed it on and off the ferry. I paid the VAT to Customs - which you had to do in those days - and towed it away. Not sure what the story is now days, but you could ask them. What type of dinghy - no Irish agent ?
    Jim.


  • #3
    harrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭harrier


    SectionF wrote: »
    Any ideas on the most cost-effective method?
    Sail it over?

    Seriously though... I collected a dinghy from the Midlands last Spring and it was a fun trip but it's expensive to make a round trip on the ferry this time of year. If you can wait until after the summer season it's a lot cheaper. But the tow-on, tow-off option could work well if you can get it delivered to the originating port. Norfolk Line were the best service when I travelled.


  • #4
    SectionF
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭SectionF


    harrier wrote: »
    Sail it over?

    Seriously though... I collected a dinghy from the Midlands last Spring and it was a fun trip but it's expensive to make a round trip on the ferry this time of year. If you can wait until after the summer season it's a lot cheaper. But the tow-on, tow-off option could work well if you can get it delivered to the originating port. Norfolk Line were the best service when I travelled.
    €220 for unaccompanied trailer on Stena. Big problem is getting it to Holyhead. Huge costs for car + trailer make it unviable. It's a Mirror -- almost as small as you can get and not something I'd fancy taking across under sail. :D


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