Reelalure
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I think my wife and I have found our dream boat and we are getting close to the end of our year long search. Like most dreams this one is a little more than we planned for but we think it’s the right boat for our family. I am looking for advice on how to get a 37 footer tug back from the west side of FL to southwest Michigan. I have two options pull the fly bridge and send it via a truck, or make part of the trip myself and pay a captain to take it up through Alabama and out the Chicago River. We want to do this in early April. Is going against the current an acceptable thing to do that time of year? Would we have to worry about high water in the spring really delaying a trip like that or making it impossible to pass in typical years? How big of a job is it to pull the flybridge from a boat? Does anyone have any experience doing that with their boat? I think Shipping it is going to be our best option but I don’t really know how to go about getting some shipping quotes any suggestions would be great. It would either be from Ft Myers Fl to Grand Haven Mi or Mobile Al to Grand Haven Mi. All advice would be appreciated! I would love to bring it home ourselves but unfortunately we don’t have the vacation time yet, at some point we will be making the trip going the correct direction.