Pacific Delivery is a team of experienced ocean sailors offering delivery services for sailing vessels. Our team has the knowledge and skills to safely deliver your boat anywhere in the world. The company is headed by Ralph de Gruyter who has over 65,000 blue water miles including a recent circumnavigation via the Cape of Good Hope.

We respect the trust the owners place in us. Our years of ocean sailing experience have reinforced the necessity for careful preparation, regular watch keeping and conservative ship handling. We are happy to take complete responsibility for the delivery or to sail with the owners or their representative if preferred.

We plan a delivery in four stages - inspection, departure, underway and arrival.

• During inspection we familiarize ourselves with the sail handling and mechanical systems. Our Check List includes fuel and water capacities, radio operations, navigation electronics, spares, emergency equipment and such mundane procedures as stove and head operation. Our goal is to be completely familiar with the operation of your vessel before clearing Customs and leaving port.
• Departure includes all the planning and provisioning necessary for the trip. We pay particular attention to weather systems when planning the sailing route. Our understanding of the southern ocean weather patterns has allowed us to make many pleasant trips to and from New Zealand.
• Underway we adhere to a schedule of regular watch keeping, navigation logs, maintenance inspections, housekeeping and other duties related to the safe and seamen like running of an offshore vessel. We gather weather information daily and maintain contact with weather forecasters and route tracking services. Position and condition reports can be passed to the owner if the vessel has email capability. At sea, we are happy to teach basic celestial navigation to anyone on board who may be interested in this traditional navigation skill.
• Upon arrival we clear Customs, insure the vessel is berthed in its final destination, initiate any necessary repairs or maintenance and report to the owner.

In New Zealand we are able to coordinate and assist with a wide range of services related to both the yacht and crew.

Global Circumnavigation

After 20 years of racing and cruising in sailboats, it was decided to take some time to cruise in our own yacht, "Aureo". With careful planning and extended leave from our professional lives, we circumnavigated the globe in 14 months.

To encourage others with limited time, we've written a book describing the planning, cruising route, and some of the locations we visited on this fast moving adventure.

About Our Circumnavigation

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