"Joe" wrote in message
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I think your company slipped up a bit there Joe. They should have had a
well connected local agent with an expense account that was not too closely
audited...

Hello Mike,

I had to deal with the same issues while working for State Boat Corp
in the Bay of DeCampchee Mexico. We bent a 35,000 dollar propellor and
had to get a new one in a hurry. Mexico was kind enough to charge us a
100% import tax. From then on, any of the state boats that went to work
for PeMex carried two spare props and two spare shafts. Be careful if
you are bringing a pistol or bullits!

Joe

Edgar wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
oups.com...
I think your company slipped up a bit there Joe. They should have had a
well connected local agent with an expense account that was not too closely
audited...


Every boat had a PeMex agent assigned to the boat. He lived on the
boat, did all our shopping, radio work ie: translations, ect.. You had
no choice and I'm sure they had incentives to report imports. Plus it's
hard to sneek a 72" 5 bladed brass prop across the border.

Joe



Hello Mike,

I had to deal with the same issues while working for State Boat Corp
in the Bay of DeCampchee Mexico. We bent a 35,000 dollar propellor and
had to get a new one in a hurry. Mexico was kind enough to charge us a
100% import tax. From then on, any of the state boats that went to work
for PeMex carried two spare props and two spare shafts. Be careful if
you are bringing a pistol or bullits!

Joe

On Nov 1, 7:45 am, "Joe" wrote:
Edgar wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message

it's
hard to sneek a 72" 5 bladed brass prop across the border.

Joe

Yeah, and more than a little difficult to have the old one on hand to
show it was a replacement. When our raw water pump went out a couple
of years ago, we ended up paying about $100 for a $30 pump, since they
added the shipping cost in and charged aduana for that too! There are
agents who will drive stuff across the border (sneak it in) and then
ship it to you from inside Mexico, but when we tried that once, they
screwed it up and sent it to Guadalahara and it took weeks to finally
get it...cruising is always an adventure.

Mike