Transporting a boat from Australia to Portugal

[mcarthur]

Originally Posted by TDB1227

That’s is unrealistically cheap. I have been following & getting quotes from qualified yacht transporters since 2020 (due to COVID) from BRISBANE to West Coast MEXICO or Ft. LAUDERDALE well north of USD65K with EUROPE even higher.

I agree. We did the opposite - shipped ours from UK to Aus just over a year ago. No chance at all of USD20k, even if in the opposite direction.

[FerrariSailing]

Go visit you tube and look up Sailing for Six. A young kiwi couple with 4 young kids buy a x charter Leopard in the north east of the Sea of Cortez Mexico then set off on a lifetime’s adventure. Regards Rog

[OzDean]

Hey Pedro from Perth, I am ozzie, purchased Jeanneau 43 in 2011 in Slovenia, not too much trouble to improve safety for our 3 kids under 10, netting around the life lines and some mods below. I echo comments below, the yards around Preveza (Lefkas) are chokkers with boats, check out google earth, there are decent buys to be had. Good luck

[skenn_ie]

Originally Posted by FerrariSailing

Go on u tube and look for sailing SV Wave, a kiwi family that bought an ex charter Bavaria in Croatia and sailed it round the med then home! Best of luck

Or: Sailing La Vagabonde

[Icarus]

Originally Posted by PedroAraujo

Hi everyone,



I live in Perth Australia but planning to cruise around Europe next year.



I will be travelling with my family and my youngest child will be 2y.o. We want to buy and customise a boat to make it safer for the kids and ideally we would like to buy the boat here so we can prepare the boat for the trip in advance.



I have contracted a freighting company and they quoted me $25000 (USD) to ship it to a port in the UK. Is there a more economical way to transport a boat from Australia to Europe?



Thank you in advance.

Charter a yacht..why buying?
If you worried 'losing' money don't get involved with boats.
I got my Australian yacht in the Philippines, easy and enjoyable.

[goboatingnow]

Originally Posted by skenn_ie

Usually, in the EU, if you can prove that VAT was paid originally (or when it was imported into the EU), you won't have to pay it again.
You could pay someone to sail it TO Europe. A friend of mine, currently in StMaarten might be interested. He, an ex-merchant seaman/helmsman, sailed a small yacht from Ireland to there.

There is considerable confusion around this issue. ( RGR: returned goods relief ) so much so that the CA is campaigning to get clarification.

The letter of the law is that RGR is only available to EU tax residents.

This means a non EU person with a vessel benefiting from say the withdrawal agreement to maintain vat status must not export the vessel. Exporting is defined as taking it beyond the 12 Mile customs union waters.