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Licensed delivery captains with credentials on file, standard contracts, insurance answered, and a passage plan — not a handshake and a phone number.
Today, most yachts move on a phone number and a promise. The owner hopes the captain is who he says he is; the captain hopes he gets paid. Nothing is verified, nothing is written, nobody insures it. The directories that exist publish names and phone numbers — nothing more. Here is what changes.
We check every captain's Merchant Mariner Credential against the issuing record, verify references from prior deliveries, keep current liability insurance certificates on file, and run background checks — before a captain can accept your delivery.
A handshake can't prove the license before your boat leaves the dock. We can.
Every delivery runs on a standard agreement: scope of the passage, rates and expenses, weather-delay terms, crew, liability, cancellation, and handoff condition. Both sides sign before lines are cast off — no surprises mid-ocean.
Other sites introduce you and walk away. The paper is part of the service.
Each captain's professional liability certificate is on file and current. Owners get guidance on policy riders for delivery passages, and the questions insurance companies actually ask — coverage limits, crew status, navigation limits — answered before the quote.
A handshake deal is an uninsured deal until something goes wrong.
Watch rotations for fatigue, weather windows by season and route, fuel range and marina stops, customs and port entries on international legs. The itinerary is planned, shared with you, and tracked to handoff.
"He left Tuesday" is not logistics. This is logistics.
Illustrative profiles — the shape of what a verified captain looks like on this platform. Every badge below represents a document on file, not a claim.
From, to, vessel, dates. Two minutes — the itinerary tool plans the passage.
Licensed captains in those waters respond. Credentials, references, and insurance are already on file.
Standard agreement signed, certificates confirmed, passage plan shared.
Tracked to handoff, with a condition report at both ends. Then the finder's fee — never a surprise line.
The handshake market hides its numbers until the invoice. We publish the market's own ranges — what captains charge, what crew costs, and what the owner pays at cost. The platform takes a flat finder's fee on the delivery; voyage expenses pass through with no markup.
| Line | Market range |
|---|---|
| Delivery captain | $300–800 / day by vessel & credentials |
| Crew / deckhand | $200–300 / day each |
| Per-mile programs (larger yachts) | $1–6 / nm |
| Crew provisions | ~$50 / person / day |
| Fuel, dockage, fees | Owner's actual cost, no markup |
Typical minimums start around $2,000 for short hauls — a one-day delivery does not exist; the planning happens before the dock.
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Estimates for a typical 45-ft power yacht at 16 kn with captain + one crew. Sail passages run longer; the modal computes yours.
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Delivery captains say the hardest work isn't at sea — it's finding the next passage, advertising, chasing references, and getting paid. The platform inverts that: owners and brokers post deliveries in your waters, your verified profile does the selling, and the contract protects your rate and your time like it protects the owner's boat.
When an owner, broker, or insurance office needs a boat moved, they search for exactly one thing — and this platform answers with exactly that: verified captains, contracts, insurance, and a planned passage. No directory of phone numbers. No Facebook groups. The category, answered.
Everything on this site — the verification standards, the honest pricing, the route guides, the captain profiles — exists to be the complete answer to that search, from "who can move my boat" to "sign here."