We arrived at the yacht in Quinta Do Lorde on Thursday the 8th of October and having met with the marina receptionist who was very helpful we found our way to the yacht and started to look around and work on how the systems operated and where everything was. Once all was located aboard, we…
Arriving in Lefkas on the 4th August with first mate Lisa Cain we meet up with owners Roger and Dianne Perry who welcomed us with a very good lunch a sign of things to come for the great food we had along the whole delivery despite some challenging cooking conditions. Going over the boat the…
I had the pleasure of delivering a well maintained and looked after Dufour 36 Classic. Myself and my crew member Philippe van Eisjden arrived onto S/Y Samara on a Sunday afternoon, ready for an early morning High Water departure. After a quick but thorough handover from her owner Peter Eastwood we were very satisfied Samara…
Yacht Delivery of ‘First Charge’, Jeanneau S049 from Gocek, Turkey to Port Ginesta Spain. We arrived on the 1st April to oversee the launch of First Charge at D Marin in Gocek, Turkey.We had a couple of days to wait and so used it to prep as much as we could whilst she was on…
Successful delivery of ‘Double Scotch’ 43 foot Beneteau Our flight to Zagreb was delayed so we missed our connection to Split, only arriving in Split on the next available flight at around 10pm. We took a taxi from the airport to Marina Agana, arriving at the boat 10.30pm. Fortunately our third crew member, Marcus had…
Thumbs Up Classic Yacht Delivery of Georgiana K – 40′ Atkin Errin Cutter After a challenging, but well handled delivery, Glen, his crew and Georgiana are all safely home. The North Sea can be a hostile place in winter but this didn’t put them off. They dealt with everything with a certain pluck and tenacity…
Yacht Delivery Scotland………. Reasons to get your yacht delivered to Scotland! After a hectic and very successful season, the Thumbs Up Sailing Yacht Delivery Team decided to take… wait for it…. a HOLIDAY! Personally I’ve done a lot of sailing in the Mediterranean, England and Caribbean. And to those of us lucky enough to sail…