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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 657.1 | Canadian Customs a breeze! | NWD002::SASLOW_ST | STEVE | Mon Apr 23 1990 18:55 | 10 |
| All you need is proof of ownership. Documentation or state registration
is all you need. Proof of citizenship should also be brought, passport
or birth certificate will do.
Call ahead and find out want you cannot bring with you. They always
change the list each year. Usually, no pitted fruits such as apples,
etc. I clear Canadian customs all the time north of Seattle with
my boat. Usually only takes a few minutes. They will give you a
cruising permit you tape in your window.
Remember all the usual stuff like limits on liquor, cigarettes,
etc.
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| 657.2 | Flags - Read Chapmans | NWD002::SASLOW_ST | STEVE | Mon Apr 23 1990 19:00 | 7 |
| Forgot about flags!
Basically it is all etiquette. Read Chapmans on it. One usually
flies an American Flag with the Canadian flag lower as a courtesy
only.
There are no legal requirements that I know of.
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| 657.3 | | THEBUS::THACKERAY | | Wed Apr 25 1990 10:34 | 3 |
| Where did you report to customs? Did you radio ahead?
Ray
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| 657.4 | Customs at a Port of Entry only | NWD002::SASLOW_ST | STEVE | Thu Apr 26 1990 13:38 | 10 |
| You report to customs at a Port of Entry only. Call the Canadian
embassy and they will tell you what ports are designated as POEs.
You don,t need to call ahead unless you are arriving at an odd hour.
They have regularly scheduled hours they are open. Customs does
not monitor VHF, when I say call, I mean phone. When you enter Canadian
waters, you may not touch land or come in contact with another vessel
until you have cleared customs. Proceed directly to the POE. Only
the Captain is allowed off the vessel when reporting to customs.
Your crew can help you tie up, but must remain on the vessel until
you are cleared.
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| 657.5 | how big is your gas tank? | MSCSSE::BERENS | Alan Berens | Mon Apr 30 1990 16:00 | 14 |
| Since you have a power vessel, you have a BIG problem -- fuel. In Canada
commercial vessels do not have to pay the usual taxes on fuel. The fuel
sold to commercial vessels is dyed and cannot be sold legally to yacht
owners. I am told that undyed yacht fuel is available only in Yarmouth,
Halifax, and one other port (possibly somewhere in Cape Breton Island).
Since Halifax is some 400 miles from Boston, you'd better have an
enormous fuel tank. I suppose you could buy fuel at a gas station in
jerry cans and carry them to the boat, but in the Nova Scotia ports we
visited, the gas stations (if any) were a long, long walk from the dock.
Also, the weather is often cold, foggy, and windy (we spent a day in a
gale on the return trip). I would advise staying very near the coast.
This is not a trip to undertaken without a lot of careful planning and
to be undertaken only in a very seaworthy vessel.
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