On Jul 25, 10:03*am, Steve wrote:
riverman wrote:
On Jun 30, 10:44 pm, Steve wrote:
Need to ship two boats from PA,USA to the UK. Any suggestions as to how
to do this at the lowest possible cost? *TIA
Steve

What kind of boats, and how big, Steve? And how urgent is your
deadline? One method I almost used to ship a canoe to Hong Kong from
the US was to find someone who was moving there and had a container
coming over.

I look forward to any other replies on this thread...

--riverman

Squirt boat and a play boat
New Wave Projet: *length is 10'2" width is 22" weight is 30 lbs.
Jackson Star: * * length is *5'9" width is 24" weight is 25.5 lbs

The urgency is a 13 yr old boy waiting for his boats.

Thanks
Steve

Hmm, I suspect that you can contact the airlines and see about
shipping them as airfreight (not the cheapest method, but the
fastest). The Star is shorter than a pair of skis, and should easily
fit in the hold of a passenger plane. The New Wave might be a bit more
troublesome, but they ship things longer than that all the time.

A cheaper alternative would be sea freight: contact a shipping agent
(moving company) and ask them about it. From trying to import boats to
Asia, I know that sending individual boats can be much more
troublesome than sending a containerful. For that matter, contact some
boat manufacturers (Mad River, or Old Town) and see if they have a
delivery going over, and if they will let you pay to add your boat to
their container.

--riverman