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Originally Posted by welshdiver
This boat is / was ? For sale for 159k so did they drop the price ? By how much if they did, ? Are you the one that is in Australia & having it delivered ? As I have read that someone is or is doing it & have not seen the boat.
Either way again a nice looking boat & goo luck with it.
We are heading to USA as part of our round the world search for one as we hope to start in Florida as we are ship wreck searching :-)
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I got it for 151,000 USD, Plus I paid for the
haul out and
survey, $1000,AUD
Ozzie
Epirb $400AUD
I am in
Australia, But I will be sailing it home, No I still havent seen the boat, Next Wednesday will be the first time I have seen it or put foot on it,
I was looking at one in
San Diego, It was going to cost $124,000 extra to ship it here,
That included GST AQIS
customs,
Delivery,
Broker, ETC The whole kit and caboodle,
On top of the actual cost of the boat,
That worked out too much for me to buy it,
And crossing the whole Pacific was a bit too much for me,
Fiji is bad enough for my first trip, But I will enjoy myself doing it,
Wish you luck,
Florida and
San Diego or there abouts are full of
boats for sale,
I will lose about seven or eight grand on the exchange rate when paying for it,
The banks gives an exchange rate for the day a couple of percent lower than the official exchange rate,
Nice easy
money and they do nothing for it, Thats another con that costs you extra that you have to keep in mind,
4 or 5 % doesnt sound like much, but when your over 100 grand it mounts up.
150,000-00 X 5 % = $7500-00, Thank you very nicely, Say the bank, easy
money,
Sending the money costs $35-00 and $25-00 for a middle man,
cheap. Exchange of currencys, OUCH,