Cost of Moving 30' Sportscruiser From Poole to Sweden

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I have received an enquiry from a possible Swedish based buyer for my 2005 Bav29. It is early days, but does anyone have any idea what it
might cost to transport the boat by flat bed trailer/ ship , and recommend a boat transport company. Thanks.
 
Cheapest will be on own keel ....

Hang port, up to dover and cross over ... further port and up to Kiel and take the canal through ... then straight line to Sweden..

Ship probably most expensive and by Lorry (you need to cross with Ferry, which bumps price up), probably the best part of £ 3K ...
 
Try Chris at Bugler Transport.

46 Holton Road, Holton Heath Trading Park, Poole, BH16 6LT. +44 (0)1202 496000

Chris's team did a first class job moving Rafiki last week. They work all over UK and Europe. I was really pleased with their value as well.
 
I brought a 34 ft boat from Sweeden to London on a truck and that was €4500 back in 2008.

I also did the trip on the water and its easily doable in four days sensibly. Fuel cost will be around £1600 on your boat, plus flightf for the crew at another £300 depending where in sweeden you are going to.

Id be happy to help out with a delivery - Commercial YM power plus ive done it before.
 
Moved a 32' from Southampton to Øresuind (sound between Denmark and Sweden).

Cheapest was a boat trailer towed by truck to Harwich, shipped unaccompanied to Esbjerg, towed over Jutland and Funen (+bridge) to Zealand.

£5000 in 2011 all included
 
Whitelighter said:
I brought a 34 ft boat from Sweeden to London on a truck and that was €4500 back in 2008.

I also did the trip on the water and its easily doable in four days sensibly. Fuel cost will be around £1600 on your boat, plus flightf for the crew at another £300 depending where in sweeden you are going to.

Id be happy to help out with a delivery - Commercial YM power plus ive done it before.
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Thanks Jez. I have put your offer of help to the Swedish guy - but it is still early days. No deal in place at the moment.

Is it becoming advantageous again for overseas buyers to buy from the UK. ? What about import taxes in Sweden ?
 
beejay190 said:
.....Is it becoming advantageous again for overseas buyers to buy from the UK. ? What about import taxes in Sweden ?
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Sweden is in the EU so no tax I guess... in respect to financial sense, some parts of Sweden have seen a good upturn others not, but on averagage better than UK ... and i believe there is a short supply of boats on the market, so boats to choose from are fewer....
 
Divemaster1 said:
Sweden is in the EU so no tax I guess... in respect to financial sense, some parts of Sweden have seen a good upturn others not, but on averagage better than UK ... and i believe there is a short supply of boats on the market, so boats to choose from are fewer....
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EU and no tax for certain. VAT paid in other EU countires count, so none of that either.

Getting a boat from abroad is merely a matter of spotting the right sample at the right conditions (value). Value is a personal calculation but of course exchange rate and funds available are important. All IMO.

For those curious one of the main Swedish sites is
http://www.blocket.se/hela_sverige/batar/motorbat?ca=5&cg=1060&c=1061&s=1&w=3

Edit: A forumite (different forum) is selling his Storebro at a bargain (no connection):
http://www.tempobaadsalg.dk/boat.php?id=148374&language=da
 
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Thanks for that. It looks to me that for boats that I am familiar with they are dearer in Sweden than the UK - using an exchange rate of Swk10.4 / £.
Also a lot of boats that I would expect to be have diesel engines in the UK have petrol engines in Sweden.
 
Is this a sale to a trader or a private sale to an individual?

A lot of boats being sold from CI and UK to Scandinavia due to exchange rates.

By all means look at the options for the purchaser, he will factor the worst in to his costing anyway.

Bear in mind what can go wrong in a delivery trip if you do it small problems and delays, mechanical and weather will soon add up to eat the difference between Your cheap delivery cost which looks too cheap to me and 10 days lost on route.

Bear I mind cost of a major problem and having to leave somewhere on route for repair for 6 weeks and then to return to pick it up, would this be a deal breaker. Think overheat or similar,

Do not agree to deliver boat to Sweden an complete purchase there, purchaser will probably find a problem and screw you on price and you will have no option but to reduce price or take boat back to UK again at your cost!

I am sure there are some straight private purchasers and trade customers in Scandinavia but there are also some not so scrupulous ones.

My advice is private sale terms only , home port point of delivery , strongly suggest a full survey before completion , buyer to ship preferably by road not you. full payment before the boat leaves you, no implied warranty from yourself.
 
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