"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Ray, while you can *register* a US vessel as a non-citizen, you can
NOT ---
document --- a US vessel as a non-citizen. In fact, as a non-citizen,
you can
not even move a US documented vessel without a qualified US citizen
aboard.

dems the rules.

registration is done on the state level, documentation on the federal
level.
Hear to tell most Caribbean countries (non-French) will accept
registration, at
least for US registered vessels arriving with US citizens in command. I
suspect you really, really, really don't want to travel in a registered
boat as
a non-US citizen to non-US countries.

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I'm not sure I completely understand the finer point you are making here.
If I travel from Aus to US and by a yacht second hand I can sail her away to
anywhere in the world. What I can't do is buy a US yacht and still call it
a US yacht?
I think. You obviously understand the rules very well - can you explain a
bit more for someone who doesn't.
thanks


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