* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 4/9/2007 7:58 PM:

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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If anyone has actually been to Canada in an undocumented boat with US
state registration, would you please let me know. Steve has me
worried with his post reply that he heard somewhere that documentation
is necessary. I spent quite a while on the www.cbsa.gc.ca site today
but couldn't find an answer. You can speak to someone but it's like
waiting for tech support.

I'm sure I would have heard of this if it was the case but things
change constantly with border security now and I'd hate to find out
too late to get the documentation.

--
Roger Long


Try pinging Jeff over at alt.sailing.asa. He's the only one I know of
who's lame enough to even want to sail to Canada. But, seems like I
remember he was up there a couple years ago. He's got a smallish
catamaran and I don't think he can get it documented. Not enough space
inside (tonnage) probably.

Actually, I bought my 36 foot catamaran in Canada. It was state
registered at first when we brought it home, but we ended up
documenting it. So while we were in Canadian waters, we had state
registration. However, we never "entered" Canada, and never saw an
official until we entered the US at Oswego.

It appears that Wilbur is carrying on the great tradition of nautical
ignorance that Capt Neal pioneered. As anyone familiar with
documentation understands, catamarans are actually rated very high by
the formula. My boat, for example, is rated at 22 Gross Tons, even
though her actual displacement is only 4.5 tons.