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
;-)

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Regards,
John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
S/V Chagall