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On Jul 22, 6:16 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:28:12 -0700, Bil wrote:
Hi,
All I know is that his boat papers show Aussie registration; the flag
he flies is Aussie and the word "Hobart" is carved in teak beneath the
boat's name "Kulkuri", also carved in teak.
It may be that, like mine, it has expired. My New Zealand registration
expired in 2000 after 5 years. I have not bothered to pay the
monumental sum to renew it. At every port in all the countries I have
visited I handed over the original regsitration papers, my passport
and crew list. Very seldom has anyone queried that the registration
expiry date on the papers states 2000. When they have, I merely say
that in New Zealand the original still stands and that I have some
documentation somewhere on the boat to show that it is still current.
A lie perhaps but why should I pay the $1,000 or so for registration
for another 5 years. I can spend the money better elsewhere. They have
yet to ask me to fetch it.
I guess that this will generate a flurry of reasons and comments on my
irresponsibility. My feelings are that boating is over-regulated as it
is, especially in European waters. Also, in New Zealand (at least it
was when I left in 1996), boat registration is only required if you
intend to sail overseas to another country.
In Malaysia, we do not even ask for boat papers. All that is required
is to have your passport stamped. The fact that you arrived by yacht
doesn't really matter - so far as Customs etc is concerned, you could
have swimmed. The Harbour Master's (with Jabatan Laut) dept is not
interested in yachts either. They are more interested in big shipping
and the Indonesian barter trade boats.
The only time I have every been queried about lack of documentation
was upon leaving Cesme in Turkey bound for Greece. The assistant
harbour master would not give me a port clearance as I lacked a
"certificate of competency". A visit to the local Marine Customs
office cleared that up. They told him to look at my passport and asked
him how he thought I got there.
cheers
Peter Hendra
How'd he get Australian registration for the boat without being an
Australian citizen? and when he did, did he have to pay import duty ?
Hobart's a great part of Australia. Captain James Cook said it was one of
the best cruising areas in the world.
Cheers
I'm not sure. It was in about 1986. I do know that he did not have to
pay import duty or any state taxes. He was just passing through and
his US registration had expired. He was able to register it even
though he was neither an Australian resident or citizen. One does not
have to be a citizen of either Panama or Monrovia to register there.
Hmm ... Peter's friend may have a piece of paper suggesting that his
ketch, Kulkiri, was registered in Australia in 1986, but the current
Australian Shipping Register does NOT show a boat with the name
Kulkuri as a current Australia-registered vessel.
Check the relevant page of the Australian Shipping Register at http://
www.amsa.gov.au/Shipping_Registration/List_of_Registered_Ships/Page_2...
Something is wrong with this story, Peter!
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