Is it worth it to document your boat with the USCG before leaving the
country, or is a state registration good enough?

Any opinions?


Joe

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:37:47 -0700, Joe
wrote:

Is it worth it to document your boat with the USCG before leaving the
country, or is a state registration good enough?

Any opinions?


It depends on where you are going. There are many state registered
boats that go to the Bahamas and the authorities there have no problem
with it.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:37:47 -0700, Joe
wrote:

Is it worth it to document your boat with the USCG before leaving the
country, or is a state registration good enough?

Any opinions?


It depends on where you are going. There are many state registered
boats that go to the Bahamas and the authorities there have no problem
with it.


The main thing will be that it's easier for foreign officials to recognize
the paperwork as proper.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:09:24 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote this crap:

Is it worth it to document your boat with the USCG before leaving the
country, or is a state registration good enough?

The main thing will be that it's easier for foreign officials to recognize
the paperwork as proper.


We don't need no steenking papers.

Just raise the Jolly Roger and go where you want.





I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:43:23 -0400, Bloody Horvath
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:09:24 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote this crap:

Is it worth it to document your boat with the USCG before leaving the
country, or is a state registration good enough?

The main thing will be that it's easier for foreign officials to recognize
the paperwork as proper.


We don't need no steenking papers.

Just raise the Jolly Roger and go where you want.





I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.


Perhaps a more sensible answer is that in most countries you will need
some form of documentation for your vessel. From what I have seen all
countries, at least in Asia, accept any documentation that says it is
a registration. I have a non-US national registration, a friend has
his boat registered in Delaware, a third friend has a "Singapore
Harbor Registration" and none of us have ever been refused entry to
any Asian country. I did, however, have a harbor master look my
country of registration to see whether that country issued ship
registration.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)

On Sep 18, 10:05 am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:37:47 -0700, Joe
wrote:

Is it worth it to document your boat with the USCG before leaving the
country, or is a state registration good enough?

Any opinions?

It depends on where you are going. There are many state registered
boats that go to the Bahamas and the authorities there have no problem
with it.

Belize.

Joe

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:37:47 -0700, Joe
wrote:

It depends on where you are going. There are many state registered
boats that go to the Bahamas and the authorities there have no problem
with it.

And apparently most of the Carribean. But the French Islands seem to want
more than state registration and fine you if you don't have it.

...the French Islands seem to want
more than state registration and fine you if you don't have it.

Here in the Pacific French Polynesia and New Caledonia take state
registration. Indeed, state registration is good just about
everywhere over here. On the other hand, I find federal documentation
move convenient because it is free and because the VDC will send you a
new one good for a full year anytime you request one. State
registrations typically require you to receive a bill and send it back
with payment and then receive you new rego and sticker. So, if you
plan to go a while between mail drops the documentation is easier to
deal with.

-- Tom.

On Sep 19, 9:45 pm, " wrote:
...the French Islands seem to want
more than state registration and fine you if you don't have it.

Here in the Pacific French Polynesia and New Caledonia take state
registration. Indeed, state registration is good just about
everywhere over here. On the other hand, I find federal documentation
move convenient because it is free and because the VDC will send you a
new one good for a full year anytime you request one. State
registrations typically require you to receive a bill and send it back
with payment and then receive you new rego and sticker. So, if you
plan to go a while between mail drops the documentation is easier to
deal with.

-- Tom.

Thanks Tom and others.
Hopefully Geoff, who has sailed Belize, will sound in on this one.

Joe

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:10:36 +1000, "JohnM"
wrote this crap:

And apparently most of the Carribean. But the French Islands seem to want
more than state registration and fine you if you don't have it.

Just keep flying the Jolly Roger, and if your are boarded, run them
through!





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