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Delivery cost

I just had my Vagabond 42 delivered from Tortola BVI to Houston. There was a three person crew, a paid captain at $600/day, a paid crew at $150/day and one additional crew member who just wanted to get offshore hours and experience. I paid all expenses. The trip took 23 days including two days up front provisioning the boat and one day in Jamaica for repairs. The total cost came in at $23,000. Does this seem outrageous to anyone else? That comes to more than $10.00/mile. I went in expecting something in the neighborhood of $14,000 - $16,000. Would any of you experienced delivery captains like to comment? I skippered the boat going south but I just didn’t have the 23 days to take off work to bring her home (for a refit) but in retrospect, taking the time off work may have been a better decision.

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