How do you get horses from Alderney to Guernsey?

[miss_tp]

Does anyone know who ships horses from Alderney to Guernsey? also if any one knows a rough price that would help

Thanks :)

[Bonjour]

Contact Steve at Manor Stables. He's transported horses Guernsey-Alderney, so should be able to do the opposite direction too.

[steve&sarah]

yes we have a shipping container (horsebox) equiped with lifting point.. Because everything has be to craned on and off the ships.. We run to Alderney Sark, Herm, Jersey Uk and Europe..

Steve number is 07781 103 449 and Sarah is 07781 442376

[miss_tp]

thats brill thank you! its wont be until end of july/early august but i will store your number and give you a call when im home from uni and ready for him.

thank you :)

[steve&sarah]

The only thing to remember is.. if you don't have crane points on the box. The docker have to lift the box by putting straps under the box.. there is always a risk of the trailer slipping in the straps if the horse play up while being lifted up to 50ft in the air. The rest doesn't bare thinking about and it woundn't be the first thing they have drop.

[Carolyn]

I recall a horse being transported from Guernsey to Alderney about 4 years ago, and I seem to recall that the carrier used a specially re-inforced trailer (not sure if this is Steve's and Sarah's - it looked more like a vented container), rather than the usual fairly flimsy ones that we all use. This had clearly been built to ensure safe lifting of the container and also looked as if it would withstand heavy treatment from the animal on the inside in the event that it became distressed and started moving around and kicking out.

Personally I would hand the responsibility for the transportation in these circumstances over to people who have expertise and pay the extra to minimise the risk of anything happening to the valuable cargo inside!

[steve&sarah]

Oh dear.. I seem to have hit a a nerve with you..

Well I've watched animals being walked up a gang plank and on to the harbour after traveling across tired to the mast of the boat... The donkeys didn't come to any harm... But I REALY don't think it's a safe way to move animals by sea and I told them so as well..

I've also seen a horse box have been dropped that slipped out the slings.. luckly it was empty at the time and Not mine I mite add. Also I'm told that the Sark boat won't with even take box's any more unless that have lifting points any more cuz of the risk.

At the end of the day moving and craning horses is a very high risk business and it's up to the individual to decide what is the safest way to under take the jorney..

I have watched horses craned in slings... and I don't feel it's a safe thing to do.

I personally would NEVER advise anyone to put a horse's life as risk by cutting corners.
Weather it's our box or one of the other box's on the islands equiped with crane points..
Use them, Please please don't put horse at un nessary risk. I really hate seeing it done. The very last thing I ever want to see or hear of is a loaded horse box falling to the deck. I don't even want to think about it.

Steve Le Carpentier
Fully qualified and Licence equine transporter