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Importing non Catalytic (Canadian) boats to the US
gtyee
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Anyone have any first hand experience in bringing a newer (2009+) boat into the US from Canada without catalytic converters on it for US emissions. All boats sold in the US since 2008 or 2009 have to have cats on it to be brought in. I'm getting different views and North South says its not a problem and they have done it before but are checking into it, but I don't want to be stuck with a boat here that I may not be able to register and?or sell except to someone in Canada. I'm totally sick over this and all the other Rinkers I looked at are sold!
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2. See this too:
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1184/~/importing-a-boat-for-personal-use-into-the-u.s.
PC BYC, Holland, MI
@gtyee I am having a heart attack too, as I never even considered this to be a problem. I talked with a neighbour who used to sell boats. It is his opinion FWIW that your 2013 EC 310 can be imported because the engines were manufactured in the United States and more important, were in no way modified. He believes that not only can it be imported but the engines could be re-built by a subsequent owner without adding catalytic converters because the engines are "grandfathered". I have to believe that North South Yachts, as a premium broker and certified American Broker would not make a mistake of this magnitude. How could they? I probably won't sleep tonight but I remain 99.9% sure that this will be resolved in your favor!!!!!
BTW if this wasn't so serious I would say that maybe this is a sign that you should but my 360. It DOES have the cats!
Seriously.....you HAVE to be alright. There's no way that yachting brokerage could be THAT stupid, to let your purchase get this far.
Yeah, six times!
what I'd recommend you do, is you do the research- google and study the importation rules and drill down to emissions... find the forms and the fees... the reason I say this is because when you run into the idiots that work for our gov't, you can tell them what to do instead of let them tell you- and because the old "I don't know, but I'll find out" has been replaced systematically and categorically with "I'll make this sht up as I go"...
100% with Drew's comments - don't leave the decision up to some poor guy who's so low on the food chain he's afraid to pass gas without written permission and remember..... that brokerage firm WANTS to sell you that boat. Make THEM do the legwork and provide the written assurance or better yet the paperwork to make this happen.
I have to think that this will be solved to your satisfaction. For goodness sake this boat was manufactured in the U.S.A. in the Spring of 2013. I don't think either Mercury or Rinker stock pile too many engines so the engines were probably new too - Mercury would know that. Geez, the boat is almost new!
Boat Name: King Kong
"Boat + Water = Fun"
Thanks I can't wait. I need to Epoxy the hull and bottom paint it, any recommendations on a high quality bottom paint.