Buy the right boat...... or the right engine

[potentillaCO32]

Sail it over with a delivery skipper?

In terms of is it legal. No-one knows until you weigh and measure it. If it meets those requirements then a normal car licence would allow you to tow it.

However, i say this as an hgv driver , i would not want to tow anything of the size of that behind a car. So that puts you into commercial transport. A ferry journey will add to the cost not just because the cost of a lorry on a ferry is way higher than a car but the added hours at port and on the ferry.

The lower vakue the boat the less worthwhile.

Delivery skipper or competant friend to hop across makes sense. But i think most of those petrol US 24 - 26 footers are primarily used as lake boats there.

 

[jakew009]

What is the issue with the VAT?

Was the boat commercially owned, in which case the exVAT price should be 20% lower to reflect this, and you pay the VAT on purchase?

Or are you worried about the complex VAT position created in NI by Brexit? VAT boats in NI on Brexit day shoukd in theory be accepted as VAT paid in both EU and UK. Worth checking paperwork but if UK VAT paid in NI then should be no issue bringing ing to mainland GB.
But worth checking details if a complex case or previous owner somehow dodged in an unusual way.

Could have been bought in Jersey and sailed to the UK. You see quite a few like that where the seller is a bit clueless as to what he has done.

 

[Mr Googler]

Get it put on a low loader….on the trailer. Works a treat! The fella i used had a manito to pull it on. That thing was 33ft long and 5,5 ton

Or just buy a dmax and go for it