A US bargain?

Reminds me of someone who picked up a 55ft 1989 Motorboat for just 30,000 Euro which 4 years early was on the market for 100,000 euro. He put in a "silly offer" 1 year later he got a call and it was a done deal. He since put listings on the internet to offer accommodation for "repair" assistance. Has worked very well.

They have made it like a home tho so sky tv, etc
 
Whitelighter said:
Slightly off topic, but it all depends where the boat was first put into use.
If it was built, stuck on a ship and then commissioned in the US then it would need an RCD as first use in the EU would be 2016. If however it was fully commissioned by the factory in Italy THEN shipped to the US no RCD is required.

It's a mute point anyway because even if technically it is required who is going to look or expect an RCD on a pre-1998 Italian built boat. There is no searchable record as to its whereabouts since new and anyway, you just say it was in service for one month prior to shipping.
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Not quite right. The boat was built in the EEA in 1994. It is therefore exempt from the RCD if imported into the EU - irrespective of where it has been in the interim or whether it was originally built to US standards.

If it was post 1998, then it could have been built to the RCD, or it could have been built to the US standards (if it was for the US market). If it has a Certificate of Compliance from the original build it would not need recertifying.

Not relevant to this boat but a non EEA built boat from pre 1998 would also not need certifying if it was in the EEA on the qualifying date in 1998.

So, always important to know the exact history of the boat to determine which rule applies, although in this case it is clear as in the first paragraph.
 
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