On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:51:35 GMT, in message

"Roger Long" wrote:

richard wrote:
My fiance and I would love to get married on a boat. What can you tell
me about getting married by a captain of a boat?

Since this is a newsgroup I'll feel free to offer a completely uninformed
and wild guess. I think it has to be a ship in international waters on a
legitimate voyage unless the captain is otherwise empowered to perform the
ceremony. There was a reason for this back when voyages could take months
and months.

You might find it cheaper to rent the booze cruiser of your choice and bring
along a minister or justice of the peace.

There's no special reason that the ceremonial wedding and the legal
wedding must coincide. In many European countries the legalities take
place at city hall and the church wedding has no legal meaning.

So if you like the idea of being ceremonially married by a ship's
captain, just make a stop at the appropriate legal venue first for a
civil marriage, then run the rest of the show however you want.

Ryk