In canada you may register your boat with the Federal Government, or
with the province you live in.

Registration with the Federal government is the equivalent to a Coast
Guard Registration in the U.S. It is proof of ownership. For your size
boat you will have to have its tonnage certified. Aside from that the
charges are reasonable. This hasn't nothing to do with the taxes.

A provincial registration is for purposes of using this boat in
Canadian waters as a Canadian, and is mostly about paying GST and PST.
I don't know what the handling is for someone coming to Canada.

If you plan to sail in Canada, you should know where you are going in
this country. Aside from the Atlantice Provinces and British Columbia,
that boat is way too big for the country. I live in Ontario, and even
on Lake Ontario, where draft isn't an issue, there are few boats over
35 feets. I've sailed across lake Ontario on a 20' boat.

Ed

Thanks John,

My thinking too but at the moment my wife just won't consider it. The only
thing we both agree is that we want to leave the UK


"John Proctor" wrote in message
news:2005021822084175249%lost@nowhereorg...
On 2005-02-13 19:57:23 +1100, "Martin Woolwich"
said:

I am hoping to move permanently to Canada in 2007.

I have a 55ft Motor boat which I would like to bring with me. The boat
is approx 32 tons net weight and Part 1 UK Registered

I have RYA dayskipper Theory, Practical and RYA VHF DSC operators
licence.

Where do I even begin to find out what I am required to do in order to
make this vessel OK in Canada and me to pilot it?

Forget any issue of transportation and power supplies etc, I have those
bits under control

Also I have identified a newsgroup called can.rec.boating which may be
helpful to me but this is the first time I have ever tried to work with
newsgroups and my news server does not find this. Any ideas (in layman's
terms) how I might be able to connect to this group?

Hope someone can help

Slightly off topic but what the hell....

Martin, as a ex Canadian can I say that the best thing I did (and I am a
slow learner) is that after 31 years of living in a climate that was 9
months winter and 3 months bad sleding (only joking rhys) I moved to
Australia. I like my water in the liquid state and I can sail 365 days a
year providing the weather is reasonable. A bad winter's day in Melbourne
is 5-10 degrees C. Better in Sydney but more expensive berths ;-)

--
Regards,
John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
S/V Chagall

Martin Woolwich wrote:

Thanks John,

My thinking too but at the moment my wife just won't consider it. The only
thing we both agree is that we want to leave the UK


"John Proctor" wrote in message
news:2005021822084175249%lost@nowhereorg...

On 2005-02-13 19:57:23 +1100, "Martin Woolwich"
said:


I am hoping to move permanently to Canada in 2007.

I have a 55ft Motor boat which I would like to bring with me. The boat
is approx 32 tons net weight and Part 1 UK Registered

I have RYA dayskipper Theory, Practical and RYA VHF DSC operators
licence.

Where do I even begin to find out what I am required to do in order to
make this vessel OK in Canada and me to pilot it?

Forget any issue of transportation and power supplies etc, I have those
bits under control

Also I have identified a newsgroup called can.rec.boating which may be
helpful to me but this is the first time I have ever tried to work with
newsgroups and my news server does not find this. Any ideas (in layman's
terms) how I might be able to connect to this group?

Hope someone can help

Slightly off topic but what the hell....

Martin, as a ex Canadian can I say that the best thing I did (and I am a
slow learner) is that after 31 years of living in a climate that was 9
months winter and 3 months bad sleding (only joking rhys) I moved to
Australia. I like my water in the liquid state and I can sail 365 days a
year providing the weather is reasonable. A bad winter's day in Melbourne
is 5-10 degrees C. Better in Sydney but more expensive berths ;-)

--
Regards,
John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
S/V Chagall


Try Perth western australia tis home away from heaven