Questions around Shipping/delivering a boat

I cannot make the entire trip. I can either go on the first 2-3 days or the last. One of you guys need to grab your wife and go get this boat all expenses paid! I wish I could do the same, but frankly I just don't have enough experience yet. I'll PM Each of you with questions, but if any of you have the time and are interested let me know.

I am getting a full engine and Hull survey this week, I plan to have the Marina repair/ replace anything it needs including oil change, filters, hoses, and impellers. I am hoping (I know) the aftercoolers are in great shape, but If not, I'm sure the seller and I can come to a resolution but this will have to be good before the trip.

What I need from you experts is this:

1. Complete list of Maintenance items to inspect/repair/replace before the trip.
2. Items that need to be onboard, does someone have specifically what is in their toolkit? I am going to ship this to the boat so I have to be very precise.
3. Spares to have on board..impellers, filters...etc

4. If any of you really are interested in taking a mini vacation with your wife (or without :), shoot me a PM, I'm open to the idea!

Thanks much!

Josh
 
Another thought would be to do the trip in stages using the legs as Rusty recommended.
You could hire a local captain to make each of the legs with you and help you to get familiarized with the boat.
This way you could run for a day or two, then leave the boat for a week or two before returning for the next leg. This would allow you to stay in some pretty neat marinas along the way and experience the trip. We made a similar decision when we bought a boat out of Coral Gables and hired a captain to show us the way back to Wrightsville Beach, we made a mad dash back and made it in 4 days but missed a lot of the experience that could have been had along the way.
There is a lot to be learned on a boat like this, throw in wind, current, tides, etc and you'll be able to learn a lot from an experienced captain on your own boat.
 
When my friend moved from Jacksonville to Ft Myers we decided to take his 340 dancer on a 4 day cruise. Was a great time, up the saint johns down the ICW and across the canal or whatever it's called through all of the locks.

my recommendation from our trip - get the bottom of the boat cleaned before the trip! He didn't and it cost us a ton of performance and fuel.
 
Thanks to all for the advice. In a bit of a holding pattern waiting on the seller. Hopefully we have an agreement soon and I'll get this thing delivered.


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NHD, if I weren't so darn far away and so darn busy I would LOVE to make that trip as a crew member. What a great experience.
 
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