You Know Where You Stand

Today I continued my efforts to find out from YachtPath where we stand on transporting my boat. It is clear to me that PAC Athena is not coming to Ft. Lauderdale, but we have still not received any communication from YachtPath.

Finally, Dennis called me to tell me what I already knew:

“We will not be taking PAC Athena.”

He then did his typical rambling about how hard his business is; blah, blah. blah. He said there was a boat available on the 17th, but then he said that date was too early for his potential Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show customers to commit to. So it’s clear that once YachtPath has your money, you are not important and the ultimate schedule is not driven by customers who have paid their money, it is driven by the “potential customer” who can put more money into YachtPath’s pocket.

It is clear to me that if YachtPath cannot fill a transport cargo ship with boats, they let any opportunity pass and will not commit to a shipping company until they have a “full load”. They never tell you this when they sell you their services. They make it sound like there is a firm schedule that they will adhere to, and you can count on that.

Dennis said he is working on another boat, and

“whatever gets here in the next two weeks we will be on that boat”.

Apparently there are two candidate shipping vessels. Dennis said we will send me the IMO number of the two candidates and also send me an official update via email later today.

I do not expect to see anything from YachtPath today, but we’ll see what happens.