[Rhodes22-list] SAILING TO ITALY

[Chris Geankoplis]

Hey Shawn,
               We shall follow your directions and have a wonderful time!
Kinda hard not to!

Chris Geankoplis
S/V Enosis

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Shawn Boles <shawn.sustain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Chris:
>
> Have a wonderful time and keep us posted. Best to Alice and Enosis!
>
> Cheers
> Shawn
> s/v Sweet Baboo
>
> On Jun 27, 2017 6:03 PM, "Chris Geankoplis" <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > My wife and I are in the beginning stages of shipping our well traveled
> R22
> > to northern Italy. *  I thought that I would keep the list posted with
> > details and some photos of the process.  Like everything in life we are a
> > bit late, we intended on shipping it over in early to mid June.  It now
> > looks like the 28th of July will be the departure date from Baltimore.
> The
> > transit time to Livorno (near Pisa) is supposed to be between 15 and 20
> > days.  It certainly is not an economic decision to ship the boat as
> opposed
> > to buying a small boat over there.  But owning a boat is not a cold
> > economic decision.  Heck, building the things isn't either, ask Stan.
> >
> > One task is to trade my really nice trailer for a not-so-nice one because
> > the boat must be shipped on a trailer and then transported to a nearby
> > marina in Livorno. I will have to pay import duty on the trailer.  The
> > trailer will then be donated to the sailing program at the marina.  Hence
> > the desire for a "throw-away" trailer.  Lucky for me Bob Lester is
> helping
> > out with the exchange.
> >
> > Shipping cost to Italy on a Roll-on-Roll-off ship is around $4,300.
> There
> > will be some fees at the Italian end for sure.  I booked a nice
> Air-B&B**,
> > the owner has a sailboat and is very simpatico.  The cost was about $500
> > for two weeks from the 11th through the 25th.  That should keep me there
> > for the arrival and the inevitable bureaucratic run around.  The boat is
> > entering the EU under a TI, temporary import, which should give us 18
> > months in the EU/Schengen area  before we have to leave.  That will give
> us
> > plenty of time to sail to Sicily, leave the boat over the winter.  We
> will
> > go back to our "home", a Catalina 387, where we will spend the winter in
> > the Bahamas.  We will have enough time the next summer to sail from
> Sicily
> > to Croatia and then leave the boat in Montenegro or Croatia both of which
> > are not in the Schengen Area.
> >
> > If anyone has any ideas or information that my help in this process, do
> let
> > me know.  If I can answer any questions, again, let me know.
> >
> > Chris Geankoplis
> > S/V Enosis
> >
> >
> >
> > *WeShipBoats.com
> > Orlany Hernandez is the contact.
> >
> > ** https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/9589252?location=Livorno%2C%20Italy
> > Maurizio is the contact
> >
> > Chris Geankoplis
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