Re: Wanted to Buy: Bayliner
Thanks for all the advice chaps. UU: I appreciate yours, and bondo, I have read everything in that link you mentioned.Thanks very much for that. iRich, wizeazz and Ryan T,
none of your comments went through to the Wicket Keeper; I have taken them all on board too.<br />I am faced with a slight delema
. The only USA boat sold here in numbers is the Bayliner, and experience tells me I would be unwise to purchase something that is a "one of" in this country. <br />That is one side to the coin. <br />The other is price, and I will try and explain just how lucky you boaties are over there.<br />I have looked at the following US boats.<br />No 1. 1998 Bayliner Avanti (2x Motor) (very tired boat) asking Aud$77,000 = US$51,590<br />No 2. 1990 Bayliner Avanti (2x Motor) (reasonable condition) asking Aud$89,000 = US$59,630<br />No 3. 1995 Bayliner 2355 Cierra Sunbridge (good condition) Aud$65,000 = US$44,220<br />No 4. 1996 Bayliner 2355 Cierra Sunbridge SOLD Aud$58,000 = US$38,860<br />To export from USA is<br />Shipping (craddle) Aud$8,600 = US$5,762<br />Insurance Estimates Aud$1,500 = US$1.005<br />Duty into Aussie 5%<br />G&S tax 10%<br />I have not yet found out if the USA charge a tax on items being exported from their country.<br />I will have to incur costs for full survey, full sea trial and mechanical inspection/report, and valuation apprasial..<br />The nuts and bolts are:<br />If the prices on nadaguides.com are reasonably accurate,then I should be able to purchase a Bayliner 2335 for under US$15,000, then I am going to land it here for around US$25,000 which is Aud$37,332. That is a savings of just under Aud$20,000 = US$13,400(on the boat in No 4 above, and a whole lot more if I have to pay the prices shown in boat No 3 above.<br />Then there is a trailer. I see a lot of yours come on a trailer, ours don't.<br />There is an issue with shore power. Yours i believe are 110volt, ours 240volt, but it is not an issue if on a trailer, or you have a transformer installed.<br />Local boats are little better. A 1998 Haines ,6.8m, (21'),well fitted out but no mid berth,170hp outboard is Aud$73,000,(US$49,000).<br />I have imported before, from Europe, cars. My brother is a old Rodder in NZ and buys old stuff, usually a container or 2, from, I think the Bakersfield area, (in LA or thereabouts????).<br />I acknowledge there are pitfalls, but they can be overcome.<br />I want to visit Washington DC one day. Have a friend whose name is on the Wall. (is that what it is called????). I named my oldest boy after him. So this way, I would get my boat, a week off from the business, see what I want to see, and be pretty happy, and if I can find one on the east coast, get to see it.<br />The stumbling block is the name Bayliner
. You have all got me thinking pretty hard on that one. Surely there are good ones out there, and going by what you guys tell me, they got to be well priced.<br />Keep the comments coming.....I have no objection: I will keep an open mind, and appreciate them all.<br />Cheers<br />Kiwi Phil
