Carter 33 delivered from Brouwershaven to Szczecin
701 nautical miles across the North Sea and the Baltic in 10 days – a two-person Seven Seas crew took a newly purchased Carter 33 from the Netherlands to her new home port in Poland.
701 NM
Distance sailed
10 days
Marina to marina
Spring
Season
2
Crew on board
The passage
From the Dutch coast to the Baltic in one weather window
The owner had just bought the boat from a broker in Brouwershaven and wanted her in Szczecin before the season. Two of our crew arrived, checked the yacht, provisioned and left the following day. The track ran along the Dutch coast to Amsterdam, then inland across the IJsselmeer and out through the Wadden Sea, along the German coast to the Elbe, through the Kiel Canal into the Baltic and east to Szczecin – 701 nautical miles in 10 days, with short port stops for fuel and provisions and no technical problems on the way.
Conditions changed from flat calm to strong winds; the crew adjusted the daily legs to the forecast rather than to the calendar. The Dutch leg used the Staande Mast Route – the inland waterway network that can be sailed with the mast up – which keeps a small boat out of the North Sea swell when the weather does not cooperate. It is the reason a 33-footer can be delivered on this coast in spring on a fixed budget.
The yacht
A 10-metre Carter 33 from 1989, completely overhauled in 2004: repainted hull, new 30 hp Volvo Penta, new rigging and sails, Raymarine instruments, Webasto heating – one of the popular series-built designs from Carter Offshore, small but seaworthy and comfortable for a crew of two on a ten-day passage.
How we ran it
What the owner got, step by step.
Crew and plan
A professional delivery skipper and crew matched to the yacht and the route, a passage plan and the weather window agreed with the owner before departure.
The passage
Position updates along the way, decisions made for the safety of the boat first – port stops for fuel, provisions and weather as needed.
Handover
The yacht handed over at the destination with a written report on the condition of the boat and anything worth the owner’s attention.
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