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Objectives

Move a 38m motor yacht from the western Mediterranean to the Seychelles inside a fixed owner window, yacht's own crew aboard, insurance conditions attached to the Red Sea leg.

Moving parts

Canal documentation and transit booking; agents at Port Said, Suez, Djibouti and Salalah; bunkers at two ports with quality reporting; two crew changes with visas and transfers; spares clearance for a stabiliser component; daily corridor reporting; diversion plan for the southern Red Sea.

Complications

A revised transit posture mid-passage required routing and standoff to be reworked, the arrival window re-cut, and one bunkering and one crew change to be moved.

Outcome

Arrival inside the owner window. Formalities completed on presentation, no detentions, no unbudgeted agency charges, written passage record issued.

Objectives

Reposition a 45m sailing yacht for the winter season after a yard period that overran, with a hard charter start date in the Caribbean.

Moving parts

Revised departure planning around the yard overrun; Gibraltar bunkering and stores; Canaries staging with technical attendance for outstanding defects; crossing weather window assessment; arrival clearance and charter-ready formalities.

Complications

Two outstanding class items from the yard period had to be closed en route, requiring a technician to join at Las Palmas and parts to clear customs in three days.

Outcome

Charter start met. Class items closed before the crossing. Cost of the recovery agreed with management in advance of committing.

Objectives

Take a 30m expedition yacht from the eastern Caribbean through the canal for a Pacific programme, with owner and guests aboard for part of the passage.

Moving parts

Canal measurement and transit booking; advisor scheduling; line and fender supply; Colón and Balboa support; provisioning for a long Pacific leg; guest movements and airport transfers.

Complications

Guest schedule changes twice moved the transit date, requiring the booking and downstream provisioning to be reworked without losing the slot.

Outcome

Transit completed on the third requested date, guests joined and left as planned, stores and fuel in place for the Pacific leg.