exporting a boat

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DBSV8

Original Poster:

5,958 posts

253 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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Anyone done this , curious at the costs involved in exporting a cruiser from the UK to Egypt
the boat is a fairline Targa 34

10.36m

randlemarcus

13,625 posts

246 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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Presumably the cheapest way would be to hire some Gap Year chaps to pootle across the Bay of Biscay and round Gibraltar?

B16JUS

2,386 posts

252 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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i cant imagine thats a cheap one, try essexboatyards always seem to be busy delivering boats.

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

213 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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cant you just sail it there ?

cross the channel then hug the coast ?

make a holiday of it?

s3fella

10,524 posts

202 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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At about 4 gallons a mile....?



SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

213 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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isnt that part of the fun of owning a boat ?

B16JUS

2,386 posts

252 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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SystemParanoia said:
isnt that part of the fun of owning a boat ?
the fun part is the day you buy it and the day you sell it

village idiot

3,209 posts

282 months

Monday 17th August 2009
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right... easy question to answer.

don't bother with delivering under its own power... the costs in fuel and added engine hours would be ridiculous.

you therefore have two choices

1.) contact Peters & May who are a Southampton-based shipping agent who can arrange for shipping yachts anywhere in the world by ship(i use them all the time for shipping yachts about the place). their website address is www.petersandmay.com

2.) deliver by road. this might be complicated due to the number of non-EU boarders to be crossed. I haven't used this method for shipping outside of the EU before, so can't really point you in the direction of a company who could help.

my advice would be to give Peters & May a call.

oh btw... don't forget that if the yacht is EU VAT-paid, it will lose its tax-paid status if sold outside of the EU, and if it is kept for more than 5yrs out of the EU.

DBSV8

Original Poster:

5,958 posts

253 months

Tuesday 18th August 2009
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village idiot said:
right... easy question to answer.

don't bother with delivering under its own power... the costs in fuel and added engine hours would be ridiculous.

you therefore have two choices

1.) contact Peters & May who are a Southampton-based shipping agent who can arrange for shipping yachts anywhere in the world by ship(i use them all the time for shipping yachts about the place). their website address is www.petersandmay.com

2.) deliver by road. this might be complicated due to the number of non-EU boarders to be crossed. I haven't used this method for shipping outside of the EU before, so can't really point you in the direction of a company who could help.

my advice would be to give Peters & May a call.

oh btw... don't forget that if the yacht is EU VAT-paid, it will lose its tax-paid status if sold outside of the EU, and if it is kept for more than 5yrs out of the EU.
Thanks I've emailed details to them