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Other: Answer to kayak shipping questions
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 7/22/2003, 8:04 pm

Good day,

Many have asked about the cost of shipping a kayak. I had a friend ship a yak from Miami to St. Thomas and it cost $80 on a cargo vessel, containerized, LTL. That's around 1200 miles. You would have to pay a 4% tax here if valued over $1,000.00 US and for personal use. You might get a waiver if doing a round-trip, but you would have to get a letter from customs. I say that just to remind you that when you get to another country they could hit you with unexpected taxes, and some can be as much as 50, even 100% of the value, so "know before you go."

Okay, who's up for a meet at the beach St. Thomas? I'll lead us to a deserted island for an overnighter. All you need is a tent and basic essentials. I could probably hook up rental plasti-yaks for those that don't want to ship. They may be sit-on tops though.

Cheers,

Malcolm
P.S. I could have sworn I posted this, but don't see it, so sorry if this is a redundant post.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Answer to kayak shipping questions
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/22/2003, 8:04 pm
Re: Other: Answer to kayak shipping questions
Leo Boudreau -- 7/23/2003, 9:52 pm
Re: Other: Answer to kayak shipping questions
Dave -- 7/22/2003, 8:56 pm
Re: Other: Answer to kayak shipping questions
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/22/2003, 9:37 pm