Importing a Boat from the US to UAE

[jezzaaa]

Hi All - hope you're all well.

Myself and a friend have been looking at buying a small ski boat between us. We're looking at the Sea Doo/Yamaha jet boats in particular. The difference between buying a new one from the dealer here and the retail price in the States is massive (240,000dhs vs $44,000 which is about 162,000dhs) and so we're considering buy one from a US dealer and having it shipped across.

Has anyone on here done this? If so would you be kind enough to share your experiences and the costs?

Cheers,
J.

[Dunk1982]

Hi,

Dont know anything about this apart from the fixed rate with the Dollar will help you, have you looked at your neighbours first though? There is a Yammy dealer and a BRP dealer here in Bahrain plus im sure Q8 or Saudi or Qatar will have dealers too.. might find a deal closer to home?

Dunk.

[jezzaaa]

It's a good thought Dunk, I will look into it. Although I'm kind of suspicious that the prices at the main dealers in the ME are high....cos they can, if you know what I mean!! ;-)

[Dunk1982]

Yeah i know what you mean especialy if the see expat walking through the door, unless you have a good local mate or know your Arabic, I know that the Harley dealer here owns the one in Saudi and Q8 and Qatar i think, anyway because of that all the prices are the same!
When im next passing the Yammy dealer and the BRP one ill stop and get some prices if i can.

[Hitch78]

Epic, epic, boat trip is in order.













(fuel, pirates, engine usage, lack of cover/fresh water/comms and nav, and all other factors temporarily ignored!)