I know Vinesh on here imported one a few years back, use the search engine as I think he posted a bit about it on here.

 Hi Mate,

work in the "Freight Forwarding & Customs Brokering" industry - we're middle man between buyer & supplier for freight

Currently Ex USA (if that is where you are purchasing) there is a heap of congestion and delays getting on to Roll-on / Roll-off ships - the same with our vehicle trade here and the lack of supply, it's hit the USA also.

I have a piece of cargo which is ready, but waiting until AUG to get loaded & has to come on a RoRo vessel

I've read before to do a lot of research & believe there may be a thread on here regarding a reputible boat trader available in the USA who works on your behalf ensuring you dont get stung on the boats condition etc.

Ultimately buying a boat which you cant physically view in the USA (unless traveling there) you can get caught out with people providing photos or videos of the same boat that is in good nic, but the one you receive has heavy damages as a result of typhoons etc.

Just my thoughts, can talk more if you go down the road and find a boat.

and it was imported in a 40ft hicube container, but a narrow boat only 7ft 6in beam, 8m long and had to take the guards off the trailer but imported the whole lot from USA.  At the time containers were a lot easier.  Contact Bunfish, he should have all the costings for you, and ask about port charges - I had to pay, from memory,for fumigation even though it was a new boat, and GST on all costs, including transport and fees.  I still have the boat, its a ripper.

 Stevenson Logistics at Rous Head Fremantle handle many large boats, often they come in containers on a 45 degree angle on a skid like rack.

That way you can get a wide boat in a narrower container. Try ringing them for help.

Loose boats really need to be on a trailer and a good one at that.

Thanks for all the info guys, much appreciated  

i would be very surprised if you could not find a better boat here - i have brought several boats into Perth ex USA and Asia, conditions are the worst they have been in a long time - AUD is not strong, shipping, insurance and transport costs are all high- Most people dont consider this when looking at a boat in the US, sometimes the transport costs in the US are a lot depending on where the boat is FOB priced.
As other have said, becareful what you are buying, repo boats are cheap, but cheap for a reason - title in US is for boat only so they almost always come without a trailer - this means they are often damaged in the process of taking the boat away but not the trailer, once the boat is repo'd they often sit for months until auctioned whilst the legal/sales process plays out - if the bung is in you can guarantee the boat will have been internally flooded with rain water.
US surveyors are hit and miss, they know you have no comeback from afar and i have seen two survey reports exactly the same write up (text) for two different boats (ie bit of edit copy paste going on) - luckily not boats i was buying....
With interest rates increasing i suspect there will be some better buying opportunities here - enjoy the search :-)

Twice over the last 8 years I've looked closely at importing from the US.   Got a lot of good info from a friend who had a business importing boats from the US in the 2000's.  

In terms of costs, it works out like this - cost of boat and freight is in $US; GST is paid on the landed cost into Aus which includes freight.  At an exchange rate of $0.70 a rough rule of thumb is take the purchase price of the boat in $US, double it, and that's your landed cost in Australia in $AUD.

At that rate in my opinion it's not worth the hassle and risk unless there's something specific that you want.

EDIT - freight costs have obviously gone up a lot in the last few years so that equation may be not accurate.