Thursday, August 24, 2017

Why Yacht Owners Hire Professional Boat Trucking Services

By Eric Burns


Boating enthusiasts from all over the world have a similar system of working their way up from a small flat-bottomed John Boat to a lake yacht. There are often a number of boats that they own and enjoy before reaching the top of their game, and each old vessel can get sold in order to accumulate a handsome down payment. Unfortunately, these men and women sometimes make the mistake of not hiring a professional boat trucking company to deliver their new toy.

The average motorist is not really prepared for the complications of transporting large water vessels across the country. First of all, it is necessary to contact the automobile insurance carrier and inform them of their purchase as well as their intent to transport the watercraft themselves. In many cases, the insurance carrier most likely attempts to talk some sense into their new yacht owners.

The complications involved in steering such a large object over land is often much greater than the new owner could anticipate. The entire load can potentially be too tall for most bridges, and making turns without a spotter as well as a wide-load accompaniment is simply a bad idea. Even if there is no actual accident, the weight of their load can do serious transmission damage to a vehicle that is not built for the task.

So often yachts are purchased from a foreign land and delivered to a beach on the wrong side of the United States. Some yacht aficionados might prefer to travel by water, but many people do not have the time for this sort of leisurely approach. It is often much less costly to have a professional trucker who is already living in the area make the delivery so that the owner only has to pay for the vessel to travel cross-country once.

Professional drivers should have the right equipment as well as the right insurance coverage. When you combine those two elements with the fact that they have probably driven more than a million miles hauling heavy freight during their career, the choice is obvious. If the yacht owner makes the wrong decision there is a great deal at stake.

New yachts do not always come with a proper trailer in order to tow them across land either. When a new owner picks up such a ship themselves, they might be likely to bring a trailer that, much like the truck, could be woefully inadequate to meet their needs. A truck and trailer too small combined with an inexperienced individual behind the wheel simply spells disaster.

Professional drivers will have much more adequate insurance for their service as well, and this is why an auto insurance carrier is likely to encourage the owner to hire someone. In this way, should there be an accident, the new owner holds zero liability for the consequences of their choice. In fact, the commercial insurance carrier will have to provide them with a brand new yacht.

The facts are glaringly obvious when it comes to the necessity for a seasoned driver behind the wheel of such potential for disaster. Not only does this prudent decision secure the safety of the yacht as well as the owner, experience behind the wheel also helps secure the safety of anyone else who happens to be on the road with them. To make it better, all this safety is most likely going to cost less than that coast-to-coast trip some owners try to make.




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