On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:09:56 -0700, Gordon wrote:

Another cruiser reported having problems with 6 month old Trojans. He
was in southern Mexico and was told by Trojan that his warranty was no
good in another country and he would have to return to the US for
warranty replacement.
As he was headed farther south, this was not an option. He replaced
the Trojans with cheap Mexican batteries and lived happily ever after.
Again this is not my boat and I have no details so ...........
Gordon

Actually, maybe no company will honor a warranty out of country due to
cost of shipping.

A lot of battery problems are caused by owner abuse, and shipping out
of country is a *major* issue. Earlier this year I had to get an
alternator shipped to the Caribbean - $255 to get it from Illinois to
St Croix. If it had gone anywhere but the USVI or Puerto Rico it
would have cost even more, and it could have easily taken one or two
weeks to get it through customs, assuming it didn't get *lost* in
customs which happens fairly frequently.