"Experienced, Reliable, Knowledgeable, Safe,
Licensed and Trustworthy Deliveries and Training for Power and
Sail Boats! Our Captain and Crew specialize in deliveries on the
East and West Coasts and Caribbean. We specialize in educational programs for offshore cruising for
both women and men. We offer world class educational and delivery service at
competitive rates. We normally beat or match our competition,
including trucking and shipping."
Please click on the picture and listen to our brief video on Youtube!
... or, please click on the play button and listen to our brief welcome
message!
Read about
a previous outstanding yacht delivery and educational voyage
(right mouse click here): entitled Superior
Odyssey,
Listen to Pete Seeger sing the Erie Canal (plus several songs)
while you read (he's a part of this story)
The Coaster II is now
in Marquette, Michigan, having completed the entire voyage from
Portland, Maine. Read about it here.(Click here) .
Down East Yacht Delivery will deliver your boat
through coastal and Intercoastal Waterway routes from Texas, to
Nova Scotia, Canada. We also relocate your boat from anywhere in
Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York Harbor,
and thru the Intercoastal Waterway routes of the Chesapeake Bay,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida to Key West, and on to Texas.
We will deliver your yacht anywhere in North America including
Canada, US, Bermuda, Bahamas, Mexico, Guatamala, Honduras, El
Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
We will also provide deliveries up the Hudson River and Erie
Canal, Welland Canal, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake
Superior, and Lake Michigan.
If you need a tailored, personalized instruction program on your
vessel, we can meet your needs, during or separate from delivery.
Our spouse training program is generating considerable interest.
Click here for details.
Our captain (Jim Vander Schaaf has the qualifications,
license and experience necessary to operate power and sailing
vessels offshore and on the inland waterways. He is a USCG 50 Ton
Master and has more than 43,500 sea miles sailing up and down the
East Coast, West Coast, Bermuda, Bahamas, and the Caribbean
Sea.
He has a very healthy respect for the sea and the safety and
comfort of people aboard. Attentive to detail, yet humorous and
charming in manner, these attributes set Down East Yacht Delivery
apart from other delivery skippers.
Let our professionally experienced licensed captain and crew take
care of your next boat or yacht delivery.
