G'day mates,
I'm a retired seaman and have loved the sea and boating all my life, my life as a deep sea engineer took me all around the world and a few years back, after retirement, I built a 40" Waram, Captain Cook but due to ill health in my family I ended-up having to sell it before I got to use it. Perhaps that's just as well as my wife dose not like the sea or waters in general. Since then I've had a couple of 18" fishing boats, love my fishing, and I'm now thinking about buying another boat, something I can fish, camp and sleep aboard, there's a beautiful old 1980 Sea Ray with the following specs that I would love to buy :
Type: Cruiser (power) Engine type: Twin Inboards. Use: Salt water
Length: 30.0 feet. Engine make: Mercury. Primary fuel type: Gas
Beam: 12.0 feet. Engine model: 454 BIG BLOCK. Fuel capacity: 101-150 gallons.
But she's in the States, NJ, and I'm in Australia, anyone know how I could get it accross the States, East Coast to West Coast, (is there a river system East to West Coast?) then accross the big pond (the Pacific) at a reasonable price?
You bods in the States are lucky you can find such boats at such great prices, if I lived in the States, I would buy her quick-smart and happly live aboard her the rest of my days Our Aussies boat brokers start talking in phone numbers when we even "think" of discussing prices for such boats!
Oh well, perhaps I'll win the lottery, I'll need to if I want to buy a boat like that in Australia! Half your luck yanks
Bill...kando
From Australia
I'm a retired seaman and have loved the sea and boating all my life, my life as a deep sea engineer took me all around the world and a few years back, after retirement, I built a 40" Waram, Captain Cook but due to ill health in my family I ended-up having to sell it before I got to use it. Perhaps that's just as well as my wife dose not like the sea or waters in general. Since then I've had a couple of 18" fishing boats, love my fishing, and I'm now thinking about buying another boat, something I can fish, camp and sleep aboard, there's a beautiful old 1980 Sea Ray with the following specs that I would love to buy :
Type: Cruiser (power) Engine type: Twin Inboards. Use: Salt water
Length: 30.0 feet. Engine make: Mercury. Primary fuel type: Gas
Beam: 12.0 feet. Engine model: 454 BIG BLOCK. Fuel capacity: 101-150 gallons.
But she's in the States, NJ, and I'm in Australia, anyone know how I could get it accross the States, East Coast to West Coast, (is there a river system East to West Coast?) then accross the big pond (the Pacific) at a reasonable price?
You bods in the States are lucky you can find such boats at such great prices, if I lived in the States, I would buy her quick-smart and happly live aboard her the rest of my days Our Aussies boat brokers start talking in phone numbers when we even "think" of discussing prices for such boats!
Oh well, perhaps I'll win the lottery, I'll need to if I want to buy a boat like that in Australia! Half your luck yanks
Bill...kando
From Australia