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From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_bigfoot.com>
subject: [Paddlewise] Shipping kayaks from the US
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 04:11:19 +0900
Anyone shipped a kayak from the US to another country, and can recommend
a shipper? About what did it cost? I'm interested in shipping my
fiberglass Gulfstream from Virginia to where I'm stationed in northern
Japan. Any info/leads you can provide will be most helpful!

Woody
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From: Rafael Mier Maza <sildriel_at_ciateq.net.mx>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Shipping kayaks from the US
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 11:14:09 -0500
Hi Robert,

We have been shipping our kayaks from Mexico to the USA, both Florida and 
Texas using Roadway.  www.roadway.com

We have gotten good discount price. I don´t know if they have a 
correspondence for overseas shipment.

First we used a wooden cradle. Wooden craddles don´t work because when the 
box bends the kayak serves a support and it should be the other way around. 
Right now we are wrapping them with lots of air bubble plastic. Today we 
are shipping 3 "CanCun" tandems (21.5 feet long and 26 " wide) and one 
single "Performa" (16.4 feet and 23.5"wide) using a Rodway bus form our 
city Querétaro (Mexico) to Fort Lauderdale Fl. (USA).

They are committed and if something goes wrong, the take care of expenses.

Good luck

Rafael
el cayuco chief
www.mayanseas.com


  At 04:11 a.m. 20/04/02 +0900, Robert Woodard wrote:
>Anyone shipped a kayak from the US to another country, and can recommend
>a shipper? About what did it cost? I'm interested in shipping my
>fiberglass Gulfstream from Virginia to where I'm stationed in northern
>Japan. Any info/leads you can provide will be most helpful!

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