When we made the decision to move here we priced new kayaks. We found for a cheap basic no frills kayak it was 4 times the price of the ones we had on our lake home. In the end we decided to bring them out on a container; shipping, container, duty and delivery to the island was still much less than the ones you could purchase here. In addition ours have the custom features we wanted; seats, dry wells, plug adjustments, oar bands, fishing pole holder, and a few other things you can't find here......If we had to do it again we would do it exactly the same, my kayak is one of my favorite toys here.....We live on the Sea Side so I simply drag it (with the custom installed handles) to the water and off I go. If you are fortunate enough to have good timing, sometimes you can find them for sale on this message board as well as Facebook's San Pedro Buy & Sell. Good Luck....