A Canadian buying a New Zealand AIS from the U.S.

[S/V Alchemy]

Originally Posted by kryg

Hi, I am a Fellow Canadian living in Australia, I bought directly from the manufacturer in NZ. I found the Vesper, be a great product, best buy directly from NZ manufacture and put in your own MMSI Number. Or ask if they have a distributor in Canada.

The American imposing bureaucratic system has no right to cross borders. Full stop!

All the best,

PS Only if you have to, let the NZ manufacturer know the reason your ordering from directly and not the US they should understand.

Thanks for the further (and quite interesting and varied) replies. I suppose I could try to use my U.S. Visa card to buy directly from Vesper. I'll review the options. Thanks again to everyone who replied and fair winds to you all.

[Elie]

My ACR Epirb was purchased in USA, and a Canadian MMSI was setup for me, without fuss...

[S/V Alchemy]

Originally Posted by Elie

My ACR Epirb was purchased in USA, and a Canadian MMSI was setup for me, without fuss...

Good to know. Thank you.

[rgleason]

Alchemy, I have been interested in the same equipment for two years, during which time I know Defender has sold many units. Defender is an excellent outfit and I buy most electronics and supplies from them. They are nearby and a very good and reliable source for us. I know Alex L. at the electronics desk. He's good. Give him a call if you'd like. I will buy our Vesper at Defender. I hope this helps.

[Kalinka1]

I bought mine from Milltech after seeing a demonstration at the St. Petersburg boat show a few years ago. It's worked a charm since then with no issues. They also entered the mmsi# no problem. so the product is excellant the service is excellant there is a Canadian distributer so go for it. At sea with an ordinary vhf antenna on an 8 ft radar post on the stern I was getting hit at 35 miles!