Transporting the boats from Oslo to Tromsø

The boats are waiting in Oslo for us to pick them up.

I have arranged a possibility for renting a car with a powerful motor and a trailer hook.

I have also made arrangements for a cheap rent of a boat trailer made specifically for rowing boats.

Both the trailer and the car needs to be returned to Oslo, so that means a 2x3 days drive Oslo-Tromsø-Oslo.

I have been trying to find a driver with trailer license that would help me drive the boats from Oslo to Tromsø on a proper boat trailer. Unfortunately I have been unsuccessful. My usual trailer driver is unavailable for the time being due to a newborn child and a new house. I have therefore concluded that I have to take a trailer license myself. It has to be fast though so it doesn't delay things for months. I am corresponding with a traffic school about it.

In the meantime I have estimated a budget for the boat transport. It becomes rather expensive, approximately 22,000 Norweigian kroner in total.

Båttransport Oslo-Tromsø-Oslo

Trailer lessons                                                                                    7 x 680 kr =    4760 kr.

'Lastsikringskurs' (mandatory)                                                                                   1000 kr.

Nissan Patrol                                                                                       7 days rent,     8000 kr.

Benzin/gasoline                                                          2 x ~1750 km, ~1 kr/km =      3500 kr.

Flybillet Tromsø-Oslo-Tromsø                                   ~900 kr  + ~1700 kr (flex) =  2800 kr.

Accomodation Trondheim and Bodø                         2 x 2 nights, ~500 kr/stk =      2000 kr.

In total                                                                                                                     22.060 kr.

Therefore Tromsø Roklubb is about 20,000 kr. short of becoming a reality. Help is needed!

I have written Norges Roforbund again to ask if they can offer some economical support to the boat transport. If they had the money they would like to help. Unfortunately it turns out they have lost their main sponsor and they are already struggling with their own economic situation, so there is not much hope there.