On Feb 1, 8:45 am, Wayne.B wrote:
...[the] distance is around 12,000 miles. A
delivery crew is likey to cost at least $300 per day plus expenses
which will be considerable. And then there is the issue of wear and
tear on the boat, engine, rigging and sails which will also be
significant. Even if shipping costs are $30K it will still be cheaper
than on water delivery, and a lot less risky. ...

$2/mile plus expenses is a decent rule of thumb for long deliveries.
I suspect $30k isn't far off the mark. You'd really have to be in
love to pay that. However, I've run across a couple of families who
were doing deliveries in return for being allowed to take the time to
cruise along the route. I know that there were some disputes. Timing
and particularly how time spent doing repairs would be treated were
sore points in both cases. Also the routes involved were less
challenging and more attractive than Singapore - East Coast would
be... Nevertheless, just the right family might be out there to do
it, and the dollar price should be more reasonable.

-- Tom.