Buying a boat in the UK and importing to the US

[shimari]

A year ago my wife and I placed a deposit on a new Southerly 42. Unfortunately, Discovery Yachts filed for insolvency/bankruptcy in January 2022. Our boat had just started (the week prior) to be built. We lost $$$, but we were not deterred. The kids just lost some inheritance.

This thread will include links to the process of buying a boat in the UK and importing her into the US. I'd like to ask others not post replies here as I'll be adding posts with details as I have time to write them up.

The boat we purchased is a Southerly 480 (Discovery 48S) hull #004 built in 2018 and commissioned in 2019. This was previously @"Adrian Chen"'s boat. Adrian posted a build thread https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ad-208873.html, but sadly the pics are lost. There is, however, a youtube video of the boat from the 2019 Boot in Duesseldorf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltz_Jzo89OU

I'll be covering insurance, shipping, importation, and the electrical "conversion".

Stay tuned, and please don't reply to this thread. I'll post threads on each of the topics above, and you can reply there.

TIA

[shimari]

Here's the thread on insuring a US flagged vessel in the UK.

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3592533

Please post your comments there.

[shimari]

Here's the first thread on the electrical work needed to get her to work for us in the US.
https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3593891