SHIPPING

The Chosen ship was MOL Cullinan. They arrived in port spot on time. loaded her on time and departed on time.

THE PURCHASE

When Rhe boat was purchased, the exchange rate was very favourable. Enough to decide not to take forward cover and risk a slight movement. No one was to predict such a shift in the currency rate in a short period of time. Nonetheless it did happen.. The lessen learnt, don't be greedy, take forward cover or pay up front if you are happy with that rate.

Originally I have paid for road transport to LeHavre harbour in France for loading onto a ship. This would mean transhipping elsewhere. I decided agaisnt this and opted to truck the yacht directly to Rotterdam and load once onto the ship that would be shipping her directly to Cape Town. I paid the extra and this was done.

The boat was prepared and trucked exactly on time with no glitches and was met in Rotterdam by the forwarding agent who would be responsible for loading her onto the flatrack and to ensure she gets shipped on time.

The boat gets placed on her own cradle and then secured to the flat rack, then the boat is placed on the cradle and secured, lastly the mast is propped and secured above decks.

Once this was done I was sent a photo where I queried the arrangement to seure the mast. For whatever the reason, instead of sorting out, the boat was taken off the loaidng sheet(Possibly due to the loading taking place over a weekend) and she thus missed the ship.. the rectifications were done, but she needed to spend some time in Rotterdam to await the appropriate ship.