[PUP] Agents and fuel

[Truelove39 at aol.com]

Thanks,  Milt, for sharing the info on the Horta agent and also on the fuel  
people. Since we can take up to 1500 gallons we will see what they can do  
next time we head offshore. 
 
Although  otherwise brilliant with their marketing, it is unfortunate that 
PAE has  elected to make the Nordhavn Owner's site unavailable to others as  
undoubtedly there is a lot of good info there which is not peculiar to Nordhavn  
boats. Whereas we understand that non-owners should not be allowed to  post, 
it's a shame that only owners can read the posts on that  site, a part of an 
otherwise open boating community. Of course they are not  the only ones to do 
this, but as they portray themselves quite loftily, you'd  think that would 
extend to "full disclosure," so to say. To their credit, I have  found the people 
at PAE to be helpful and forthcoming with information on, for  instance, 
elements of their paravane design.
 
Regards,
 
John
"Seahorse"
 

> Nordhavn 50 owner Phil Eslinger had a post  on the Nordhavn owners' 
site noting that using shipping agents in foreign  countries can be a 
huge aid for passagemaking trawler owners when cruising  overseas.  He 
proposed starting a list on the site all of the agents  Nordhavn 
owners have used.   If someone will pass this to the  site, let me 
provide the following contact information for Marco Quadros who  has 
been a wonderful resource for Nordhavn owners visiting  Horta:

Marco Quadros (senior agent)
Bensaude Agentes de Navegaceo  Lda.
Rua Vasco da Gama, 42
Horta, Faial, Azores (Portugal)
Tel. 351-292-293-031 or  351-292-293-033
Mobile:  351-918-792-536
marco.quadros at bensaude.pt

As something worth adding to  the list, I should also mention that 
fuel arrangements for both the Nordhavn  Atlantic Rally 2004 and Med 
Bound 2007 have been made through Global Yacht  Fuel in Fort  
Lauderdale.  Essentially, this involves  establishing an account with 
Global, then notifying them when and where one  wants to bunker. 
Using their worldwide contacts, Global will negotiate the  best price, 
arrange the fueling (usually through an agent such as Marco  above), 
and bill the owner, meaning you can pay for your fuel through your  
U.S. bank account rather than in  local currency.  The fuel we've 
gotten using Global on this trip (and  on the NAR) has been among the 
cleanest we've ever burned and arrangements  have been virtually 
hassle-free. Global makes its money by taking a small  percentage of 
what we pay for fuel, yet the fuel prices are normally less  than we'd 
pay if we simply drove up and asked for a full-up so they're  saving 
us money.  More important, perhaps, my comfort level is high  with my 
sense that our chances of getting good, clean fuel are greater using  
Global.  However, keep in mind that they are not interested in  
talking to you about less than, say, 1,000 gallons at a time.  Their  
principal business focuses on bunkering megayachts, so 1,000 gallons 
is  small stuff to them.  Contact information:

Richard Manto, Gail  Vanstone, Marianne VanCline
Global Yacht Fuel
412 SE 17th St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL  33316
Tel.  954-462-6050
marianne at globalyachtfuel.com





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