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05-10-2007, 11:38 PM
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Importing
Hi all, ok so i just cant find what i want over here, and if i do its like the earth they want, so was thinking of getting something a bit mad from America (flat and big v8!), now has anyone any info on how it all works, or maybe have imported something...any info on costs of shipping to the do's and dont's ... to even some trusted people to use for this?..i dunno...
any help would be great guys!, thanks.
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05-10-2007, 11:45 PM
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Yeh, cost of boat, plus shipping, x 2.7%, + vat..... of course, the subject of CE marking comes into the equation, but I met a man today who will CE a sub 10 metre yank boat for 850 quid!
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05-10-2007, 11:48 PM
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it's a lot cheaper to ship a boat if it's on a trailer, my cat cost 3k to ship from Miami - Southampton, 36' loa
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06-10-2007, 12:11 AM
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I can help with the shipping if you want - pm me if you want any more info
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06-10-2007, 11:00 AM
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the subject of CE marking comes into the equation, but I met a man today who will CE a sub 10 metre yank boat for 850 quid![/QUOTE]
i hear its cheaper for ribs
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Speed costs weight so what do we cut off first
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06-10-2007, 09:56 PM
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If you import it as a race boat it doesn't need CE certification.
I'm in Florida soon if there is anything you want me to look at around the Miami area.
Why not get one of those jet boats with a V8 in then you will be able to run all the up the Tyne to Hexham!
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07-10-2007, 10:40 AM
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Thanks guys!
Nice one, i have found a few that i like and have spoken with the owners, and as Americans are they could not but help me out..great!
sangers seem to be the way to go, god there's some sexy boats out there!
trying to get to know all the v8 info etc, but over there everything is as we all know cheap and they just do it right! ( i lived in USA for a few years! ) but its a mine field i guess.. just have to hope i can sort it all out, would love to be blasting up and down asap!!!!
here's afew that caught my eye...now all i have to do is try and sort all this shipping out, will pm who said they can help me out, thanks guys!!!
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08-10-2007, 01:43 PM
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I looked at this a while a go and the costs got silly. As well as the CE marking malarkey, as far as I know for leisure boating anyway, your engine(s) need to be emissions tested (on a bench) and noise tested (drive-by). You can only dodge this if your engines are new enough that the manufacturer can supply data to the level required by CE. A twin engined boat at £16K over there was working out around £25K after the extras, potential and otherwise, were included.
The RYA has plenty of info on CE requirements. £850 seems a bargain but beware that everything necessary is included. Good luck - I know how you feel. Some of the kit over there is too sexy for words.
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08-10-2007, 07:18 PM
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i know i know....the more i get deeper into this whole thing the more it seems like its guna bit me in the ass!, but as you say bud there just so gorgeous!, i must have....
but in the real worls it may just be too much, most of the boats are like late 70's early 80's..would they still need c.e? and emissions...well!!!
any idea's anyone?
thanks guys, Danny.
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09-10-2007, 06:35 PM
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I used these guys for my boat. Here are some details: http://www.ceproof.com/Marine/asb.htm
Luckily mine was a fairly generic American Sports Boat, with a standard engine layout (Volvo Penta 4.3) so the sound and emissions testing that they'd done to previous boats could be applied to mine. The work needed to comply was fairly painless... new fuel hoses, fire extinguishers, non-return valve on the bilge hose and a few labels here and there.
As I understand it, if your boat uses standard parts and has a standard layout, within certain tolerances, the testing they've done on similar boats can be applied to yours.
If it's something out of the ordinary, then you get into the realms of sound and emission testing as well as possibly more detailled work to comply with the RCD.
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09-10-2007, 07:22 PM
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CE Proof are an excellent company, and are the one Mike and I used to CE our range of boats.
Whilst at Drivers the other day, I got talking to a guy who was doing the CE on a new Bayliner, and he reckons a sub 10 metre US sportsboat costs £850.00.
The company is www.americansportsboats.com ask for Dave
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09-10-2007, 07:56 PM
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Another front page website!
And while im at it TD, ive been trying to view the extreme marine web site without success lately. Whats going on?
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09-10-2007, 08:28 PM
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He needs to change his nameserver - or the www A entry within DNS.
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09-10-2007, 09:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt
He needs to change his nameserver - or the www A entry within DNS.
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If I had any idea what you were on about, I'd probably sort it!
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09-10-2007, 10:32 PM
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Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
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Well, I can sort it for you if you want. I can run your DNS entries.
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10-10-2007, 07:37 AM
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OK, can you pm me your e mail address?
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10-10-2007, 10:18 AM
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Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
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Oh Man!
You are hosted with Easily.co.uk?
They suck worse than the best type of hoover you can find. You should change to something else as soon as you can.
Easily has a 'cheap' arrangement with their hosting company ( they are a reseller, they dont own their own premisis ) and they are the LAST to get serviced or looked at in the event of an outage.
In 2005 all Easily servers in Redbus were down for 48 hours, whilst IBM support had their servers up and running in 2 hours!
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10-10-2007, 10:24 AM
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He's not hosted with easily, he's just got his domain registered with them.
The hosting is on the same server as a few other very select sites, including media.boatmad.com and your favourite club, orda.co.uk
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10-10-2007, 11:55 AM
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lol..
nerds!....
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