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Old 06-30-2016, 08:46 AM   #8
klee wyck
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City: Port Townsend and La Paz
Vessel Name: Domino and Libra
Vessel Model: Malcom Tennant 20M and Noordzee Kotter 52
Join Date: Feb 2014
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I am in the middle of getting an education on this as I import a Euro boat.
In terms of shipping you will pay around $80/sq foot to ship the boat from Europe to the Western US (I assume Lopez is where you will end up). For my 52 footer I will have 70K in shipping and import/excise cost. For most boats that are readily available in US markets, buying and selling in Europe and then buying in the US may be more reasonable. My issue was that a boat like mine was not available here.
In terms of electrical, my plan is to leave the boat at 50 hz and already have all the voltages available. I will arrange to charge the large house bank with US power but run the boat on Euro power. For added small appliances like computers you can buy small inverters that plug into the Euro outlets and allow these to run as when travelling in Europe.
Disclaimer: I may not understand this well enough to have anticipated all of the problems I may have with the power issue.
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