The Containers

 
One of the most difficult things about buying a boat away from your home port is getting all the stuff you need or think you need to the boat.
Add on the difficulty of getting it through several customs and border hassles this makes for a lot of head scratching.
We tossed around the idea of getting our stuff down via motor home. The idea: we would disguise everying as RV equipment. We nuked this idea after hearing about many horror stories of border crossings involving several bond issues, not to mention getting a truck and trailer suitable for the trip...
I stopped mid stream and as we were purusing RV trailers.. Heck are we sailing or R'Ving!
Thanks to a lot of networking on Michel's part we were able to hook up with an El Salvador business man interested in starting a marina. He really was an asset in getting our ball rolling as far as shipping goes.
So we will give it a shot and wait for the 3 containers to arrive. $$$$$
We are shipping a huge generator, fridges, anchors, chain and lots of other boat paraphernalia...I keep asking about the water line...Michel assures me we have lots of room.
He certainly has a lot of projects in these crates. Being a cabinet worker he just could not resist building something for the boat. He has included a new drawer system, dining table and navigation station cabinet. ( and all the woodworking tools) oh, yeah, apparently I am starting a canvas business too. We could not get our Bimini built in Canada so I have do this myself. Along with all the crates is sunbrella and a whole wack of industrial sewing equipment. Every time I turn abound another thousand bucks falls out of my pocket.
Just to get the girls through the school year cost 1700.00 bucks and 5 boxes of School supplies! This should be interesting at the customs end in El Salvador.