[Sonar] Shipping a New Mast

[Henry Brantingham]

Yeah, thanks, Tom.  I talked with Ernie yesterday and he was unable to help.

I'm hoping to get ride on Mac's boat.  Otherwise, I guess I'll have to take
a chance on a commercial truck. 


Henry Brantingham
(612) 867-3941


-----Original Message-----
From: tbrown9163 at comcast.net [mailto:tbrown9163 at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:38 PM
To: Henry Brantingham; 'SonarList'
Subject: Re: [Sonar] Shipping a New Mast

Mac Steven's stopped me in the hall today about this.

When Marty and Shaina came back from Marblehead,  we had Howard's mast with
us all pristine and wrapped in plastic.

I would get a hold of Ernie right away.   This is their big weekend in
Newport you know.   Chances are they won't go back that way  (they might go
south across the Hudson) but its worth a try.    The NY Turnpike with the
Berkshire's is far less lumpy than across the Penn Turnpike on the
Alleghenies...far less wear on the brakes.

The problem is, is not only the shipping expensive,  but as Chris Fittipaldi
knows...sometimes the shipping service ain't so great and you get a mast
with damage.   They're not used to shipping such things.

Back in the early 80's...I remember having a mast shipped for the old Frylya
in Bayfield...and it was essentially a total loss on arrival.  Much better
to try to get Ernie to put it on top of Capt'n Hook.   

Better move fast though.

--
Thomas M. Brown
"Maximizing Business by Minimizing Surprises"
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From: "Henry Brantingham" <hbrantingham at isp.com>
> For those of you who missing the fun, the side stays pulled out right
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> Shumway is estimating $1500 just to ship a new mast, and suggesting that
> it's very difficult to ship a mast via common carrier in any case.
Anybody
> have any experience with that? Advice?  Anybody planning to tow a boat
> anywhere near Rochester NY in the next 6 months (you could by a lot of
road
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