I sold an 08 Puma to a fine gentleman and his son from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He turned out to be a retired Canadian Mountie. A couple of things: depending on how long you might have to wait for them to pick up the boat , you might want to ask for token earnest money. I asked for this and guaranteed that if the boat was not as advertised the deal would be off and wed go about our business. They had no problem with that. Secondly, my bank (known for being conservative) recommended against the bank to bank transfer. Their rationale was that in order to make this happen certain information would have to made availabe to his bank through him or someone at the bank. This info could be used by anyone to access you bank account. They also indicated that they would not be responsible for such a transfer. Canada has certain rules about the amount of currency that you can cross into the U.S. with, $10,000 limit I believe. He wired me the amount I was asking over the 10K and brought 10K with him in travelers checks. My bank verified the travelers checks free of charge before we consumated the deal.I admit this is cumbersome, but as you said, you cant be too careful. Your bank might have a different opinion, but remember once that rig crosses the border into Canada your chances of correcting a mistake are very limited.Since he is the one that is a Canadian and will have to cross the border going home Id let him be the one to make sure all the paper work is accurate in terms of bill of sale, title transfer etc.
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