American boat imports
Submitted by joshua-casey on Wed, 2011-09-07 14:35
Dose anyone know anything about importing boats from america? been looking at upgrading my boat and all the
american boats seem to be about 30-40% cheaper to buy!
Swan River Fisher
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Yes American boats are great
Yes American boats are great to buy with the Aussie dollar so high. My mate got a boat for 35k a 8.5m Bayliner last year off a guy that got it from America for 70k
I'd be looking at second hand American boats, because they'll be cheaper and already in Australia
Cheers Ben
till
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A lot of info in search, try
A lot of info in search, try it!
30-40% less, its not enough! Basically buy price, then add 80% for freight, taxes, cleaning and other surprises and thats about what they cost once you get them here.
Darren Long
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Use this guy
Use this guy http://www.portseamarine.com.au/import-a-boat.php ..........a mate just got his 29 foot proline here saved quite a few $$$$$$$ going down this road, I think he will keep this only for a while and then get another prolone but a bit bigger again, Also get the alloy trailers they have over there, hell of alot cheaper and all to Australia specs
dkonig82
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"all to Australia specs"Be
"all to Australia specs"
Be mindful that not every 'Australian Spec' trailer that they sell you, will actually be to Australian spec, except perhaps for the axle width, which they should get right.
I'm not saying this happens in all circumstances, but tow hitches, mud flaps, split coloured side lights, stainless brake line mounts, and a host of other things that are not 'standard' in the US, can prove to be traps for new players over here. Sometimes they will get past the pits, but an overzealous pit inspector can cause you a world of pain (financial and time) if they want to get picky on a US trailer.
Dan
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n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
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joshua-casey
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yeah it seems to be alot of
yeah it seems to be alot of effort from what ive been looking at!
they seem to not do any ally plate boats as well.
Bodie
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can get some good bargins out
can get some good bargins out of the states at the moment, did hear a stat the other day saying 10,000 boats from the US to AU per month!
Apparently the boat market in the US is strengthening based on the volume being sold to Australians. Seaswirls are one of the brands.
One thing I've noticed is most boats seem under powered. 26ft glass boats with twin 115's.... no thanks!
Trailers are pretty cheap over there, can pick up decent trailers which are configured to AU spec for well under 5k
joshua-casey
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cheers mate for the info
cheers mate for the info mate!
just dhu it
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Wangara
theres a company in Wangara that brings in boats from USA and has a display yard as well
Vinesh87
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Yep Distinctive Boat Imports
Yep Distinctive Boat Imports they mainly deal with Keywest boats!