Far be it for me to defend the Homeland Security bureaucracy and the fact that they have very different clearance procedures depending where in the US you clear in, and very rarely do the procedures agree with what's posted on their website. I've cleared in at Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Newport, Florida, USVI, PR, and Spanish Virgins. It's a different process/adventure in all of these US places.
That said, I would still suggest that any Canadian who plans to travel internationally should get their boat registered. It's what the authorities expect to see. In the case of your friends, they might just work their way up the coast a little to a different office and see if they can get a permit there... You never know. Cheers, Colin On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Don Newman via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > The US has every right to set the rules for Cruising Permits or anything > else. The concern is the changes to the rules without warning and the > inconsistent applications of them. This has got to hurt the businesses > relying on visitors. > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Don Newman via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> From one of our club members: >> >> FYI, I crossed over from Bimini to Port Everglades yesterday. I went in >> to USCBP to get my Cruising Permit for the year, and they Denied it! If >> your boat is not Registered they will not issue a Cruising Permit. So, if >> you haul out or leave your boat any length of time it puts you in a >> position where you will have to import the boat (a % of it's value) and pay >> State taxes as long as you are in US waters. They have done this to >> everyone I know from Canada that has returned prior to me. >> >> -- >> Don Newman >> C&C 44 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the >> bottom of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> >> >> > > > -- > Don Newman > C&C 44 > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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