Can I Sail From England To Spain in a Bayliner 3055 31'

[oldgit]

The guys who owned Haslar, sailed their RIB down to Morocco for hols, so a Bayliner should make it.
PS
Pay my fare home/feed & water & I'll give you a hand.

So 20 marinas @ £40.00 per night
20 Marina resturant and bar bills £?????

 

[Spi D]

For how long would you like to use it down there?

Rental might be an option. At a price, of course, but only for the days you use it.

 

[maby]

Don't forget that the £5k estimate is one way - unless you are planning on leaving it there, you are looking at £10k - cheaper to charter?

 

[rbcoomer]

So 20 marinas @ £40.00 per night
20 Marina resturant and bar bills £?????

Hmmm -starting to sound like a forum cruise/expedition... how big's the boat again?

 

[Beamishken]

I guess if you treat the trip down as a holiday and not just a delivery trip & were prepared to leave the boat and return to continue later if faced by delays then it would be an awesome adventure
personally if I wanted to relocate my boat and the cost of road transport was equal or even slightly less, id rather sail the boat & enjoy the trip
Lets face it £5k to get the boat there by road & no fun for you .Or £5k worth of boating pleasure ( if you look at the trip as pleasure rather than a chore)
Its a no brainer to me, its like free boating !
A lot depends on how you like to boat ,we like to travel long ish distances and get a buzz out of pushing our boundaries so would enjoy a trip like this. However if you idea of boating heaven is to potter 5 miles down the coast and anchor for lunch then head back then you might not like a challenging trip like this
Its very much a personal choice decision

 

[U4]

Its a no brainer to me, its like free boating !

lol, loving the man maths Ken!

 

[speedfiend]

Go for it!
Via canals. Little hop across to Calais . Lovely 6-7 week holiday through summer to get to Ibiza.
Oh to have the time.

 

[paultallett]

Go for it!
Via canals. Little hop across to Calais . Lovely 6-7 week holiday through summer to get to Ibiza.
Oh to have the time.

+1 if you have the time, the boats well sorted and you can handle a few niggles along the way....... Then sits a no brainer.

Only via the canals I wouldn't go anywhere near Biscay.

A memory that would last a life time.

 

[David2452]

Fuel might be an issue if it's a petrol one, and many are.

 

[EugeneR]

Fuel might be an issue if it's a petrol one, and many are.

More specifically, range per tank, I'd say.

 

[paultallett]

The op says it's diesel

 

[jrudge]

I have some experience of part of this journey.....

Had a Cranchi 33 Endurance that we took to UK to La Rochelle twice, and then down as far as Arcashon.

Coast hopping fine.

In a bigger boat T40 we went to Santander and then back to La Rochelle. We were intending to head to Gib but the sea was quite rough on N Spain Coast ( July) and the distance LONG.

Can it be done. Sure. Would I want to do it? Not really. Even in a big boat is is a long, boring, expensive way to transport a boat.

Doing it over a whole summer for example might be OK ( or even 2 summers) and enjoy the scenery,ports and cultures on the way.

Otherwise ... as above - stick it on a truck!

Finally re Ibiza - and this is mentioned above - there are very few marinas and they are very expensive. We are in Mallorca ( about 50 Marinas round the island) and this would be nicer in a small boat ( my view!).


Jeremy

 

[Firefly625]

lol, loving the man maths Ken!

if you are really good at the Man Maths then the trip may in fact put you in credit!

 

[duncan]

Is it possible to sail the boat over to save transport costs of £5k.

No - it will cost you more to sail it than transport it.

 

[sealines28]

You will find that a lot of insurance companies will not insure you to go around, but ok for the cannels, I have an S28 after looking at all the options had mine taken by lorry, work out a lot cheaper, took mine to Alicante, best choice ever, was going to Ibiza for a visit, wow the mooring cost was shocking wanted £110 a night????

 

[paul salliss]

I 100 percent agree, assuming you have the time and knowledge then drive it round , where is the sense of adventure with people, way too much talk of putting boats on trucks, if you don't have sufficient confidence take a pro with you.

You will learn loads

 

[Nautorius]

I 100 percent agree, assuming you have the time and knowledge then drive it round , where is the sense of adventure with people, way too much talk of putting boats on trucks, if you don't have sufficient confidence take a pro with you.

You will learn loads

I think most people have missed the obvious. Sail her to France, put her on a Lorry across france. Launch in SOF then boat down to Ibiza. You save some money but have an adventure! Have done this before and it is a great way to get a boat to Menorca, so similar for Ibiza.

 

[Seastoke]

you need to explain more as the summer will be half way through when you get there are you going to leave it for a few seasons ,do you intend to live on it ,sounds like you dont have a plan,there was a feature in mbm you could do the canals to the med and back in two weeks i think .

 

[capsco]

you need to explain more as the summer will be half way through when you get there are you going to leave it for a few seasons ,do you intend to live on it ,sounds like you dont have a plan,there was a feature in mbm you could do the canals to the med and back in two weeks i think .

I think you have misunderstood, I doubt very much if you could do one way in 2 week's

 

[landlockedpirate]

Any one else think this might be a Troll ? OP has amade this single post and not been seen since.