I must have gotten lucky... that was in 2010. That said, I've had many more "challenging" experiences over the years, including the dudes with big black maximum marking boots.
-- At the end of the day, if someone wants to get something or someone into the US undetected, they're not going to sail into Newport in a slow moving boat, and then call customs to report their arrival and location. Cheers, Colin On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com>wrote: > That guy on the dock was probably the dear departed George Monk, who > thought yachtsmen are people and Customs agents don't have to be a---holes. > It's different now. A few years ago, I called, waited eight hours for them > to show up and used the time to get the boat sparkling, only to have them > show up with a filthy shedding lab and do some training exercises. It took > another two hours just to clean up after them. I don't have words bad > enough to describe my opinion of that bunch. > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I`ve found that clearing into Canada (as a Canadian) is generally a >> straightforward phone call to CAN-PASS and then once in a while, they`ll >> tell you to stay on board while an officer comes to inspect. They would >> also store my family and boat details in their system, so I wouldn`t have >> to recite 5 sets of passport details every time. >> >> Clearing into the US is a real mixed bag. I`ve done it on two of the >> Great Lakes, Newport, USVI, and PR and it`s a different process in each >> place. And, you can research the protocols all you want in advance, but >> when you get to places that are more than 10 miles from Alexandria VA (or >> wherever CBP is located), they have no idea and don`t care what might be >> shown on cbp.gov. >> >> Traveling from Tortola BVI to St. John USVI to Fajardo PR last December, >> I had to clear customs and immigration in both St John and Fajardo and was >> also inspected on board in Fajardo. This despite the fact that Bojangles >> has a valid US cruising license (which allows it to move between US ports >> without inspection) and my wife and I both have NEXUS cards - which, >> according to CBP.gov - allows us to travel between USVI and PR as Local >> Boaters (who don`t have to report). >> >> So, imagine my surprise when I get quarantined on my boat for about 2 >> hours waiting for CBP to arrive. Then when they do, they ask me to fill >> out all the same damn forms I had filled out the day before in St. John. >> So I do it... and then... I want my pound of flesh from the poor agent, >> asking her to explain all the nuances of the NEXUS / Trusted Traveler >> Program and how it's any different from if I didn't have it... >> >> At the end of the day, the poor agent was clearly flummoxed (and >> apologetic). It seems that these great programs get designed at head >> office and then the rollout gets bollocksed up. >> >> (That said, using NEXUS at airports... is awesome!) >> >> And lastly - the easiest US port to clear in? Newport RI... Took me about >> 2 minutes after a 5 day trip from Bermuda. No forms, no videophones, just >> a guy on the dock who looked briefly at our passports (not even boat >> papers) and decided that we were OK. >> >> Cheers, >> Colin >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Frederick G Street >> <f...@postaudio.net>wrote: >> >>> On Jan 30, 2013, at 9:12 PM, Tom Buscaglia <t...@sv-alera.com> wrote: >>> >>> So we will have to endure a pleasant stop at Poet's Cove on the way >>> north and *ass* inspections at Roche or Friday Harbor on the way back. >>> >>> >>> Be *really* careful of those inspections. :^) >>> >>> I'm overdue for mine... >>> >>> Fred Street -- Minneapolis >>> S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > > > -- > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett Ave > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > phone +401 965 5260 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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