I looked at transporting a 38 foot sailboat from Hong Kong or Singapore to
east coast of Australia. As I recall it was going to be incredibly
expensive.

Disassembly, load into cradle, fumigate and inspect, transport to shipside
and load on deck, clear customs, transport to yard, install mast, etc,
insurance, GST (Aussie), plus import duty. I don't recall the exact number
but it was on the order of $25-$35k I think. Made it impractical.

In addition, boats are generally more expensive in Oceania / Asia than in
the U.S.

I think it would have to be a pretty special boat to make it worthwhile.


"hpeer" wrote in message
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Probably just a pipe dream but..............

Anyone out there care to speculate on the delivery cost of a 36-foot
sailboat from Singapore to East Coast US?

Various methods:

Delivery Captain and/or crew???

By ship?????

Many thanks,

Howard