Buying a sampan...

[bryant.english]

I'm interested in buying a sampan, the sort that are used as water taxis in the various harbours around the territory....anyone know where to look?

[bryant.english]

[emx]

Have you got a mooring organised for this?

Swing moorings in Hong Kong are like hen's teeth, let alone a hard mooring.

[emx]

Getting a mooring for a boat in Hong Kong is harder than getting kids into a private school here.

[25kilo]

Bryant, I want one too, please PM me with any info you find, I'm sure it's possible (ignore the nay sayers)

[MovingIn07]

Since you appear to live in sam shing, which is the "boatie capital of the nw nt" - walk out the door and ask anyone in those boat shops along the front. Sure you can get a lead from them.
Failing that, drive to sai kung or aberdeen and repeat proceSs.

[MovingIn07]

But getting a license to drive one is not trivial either.

[25kilo]

Moving, do you ever use your boat as a weekend get away etc or is it just a home permanently tied to the dock? I'm curious how hard/easy it is to actually get the permits / licenses to cruise around HK at leisure. If I employ a boatman to navigate through all the requirements is it possible?

[emx]

The Hong Kong Sailing Federation conducts a pleasure vessel license course in English and they do the exams in house based on their own text books, so less confusion over the Chinglish used in the Government exam.

[Satay Sue]

I would have thought as a novice HK harbour would be a nightmare