If anyone has actually been to Canada in an undocumented boat with US state
registration, would you please let me know. Steve has me worried with his
post reply that he heard somewhere that documentation is necessary. I spent
quite a while on the www.cbsa.gc.ca site today but couldn't find an answer.
You can speak to someone but it's like waiting for tech support.

I'm sure I would have heard of this if it was the case but things change
constantly with border security now and I'd hate to find out too late to get
the documentation.

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
If anyone has actually been to Canada in an undocumented boat with US
state registration, would you please let me know. Steve has me
worried with his post reply that he heard somewhere that documentation
is necessary. I spent quite a while on the www.cbsa.gc.ca site today
but couldn't find an answer. You can speak to someone but it's like
waiting for tech support.

I'm sure I would have heard of this if it was the case but things
change constantly with border security now and I'd hate to find out
too late to get the documentation.

--
Roger Long


Try pinging Jeff over at alt.sailing.asa. He's the only one I know of
who's lame enough to even want to sail to Canada. But, seems like I
remember he was up there a couple years ago. He's got a smallish
catamaran and I don't think he can get it documented. Not enough space
inside (tonnage) probably.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:44:28 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

If anyone has actually been to Canada in an undocumented boat with US state
registration, would you please let me know.


I have but it was quite awhile ago.

Try calling 1-800-CAN-PASS

I believe that is still the check in number when going to Canada.
You're more likely to have trouble coming back into the US.

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
...

Try pinging Jeff over at alt.sailing.asa. He's the only one I know of
who's lame enough to even want to sail to Canada.
snip...
Wilbur Hubbard


Yep... the Canadian Maritimes are no place for a girlieman in his mustard
yellow sailboat complete with passion purple interior.

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:44:28 -0400, "Roger Long" wrote:

If anyone has actually been to Canada in an undocumented boat with US state
registration, would you please let me know. Steve has me worried with his
post reply that he heard somewhere that documentation is necessary. I spent
quite a while on the www.cbsa.gc.ca site today but couldn't find an answer.
You can speak to someone but it's like waiting for tech support.

I'm sure I would have heard of this if it was the case but things change
constantly with border security now and I'd hate to find out too late to get
the documentation.

Roger,
I don't sail to Canada, I sail in Canadian waters, Lake Ontario at present, and
often see US boats with State Registration tied up in areas I go. I also know
Canadians who travel to the US and their boats are registered Provincially.

Jan
"If you can't take a joke,you shouldn't have joined"

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

There are no provincially registered boats in Canada. All the #'s
indicate port and the letter the province. The new #'s are probably
just to conform to computer fields. Boats are registered with Canada
Customs.
Any US boat with occupants that can cross by land without problems,
shouldn't have any arriving by water.

* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 4/9/2007 7:58 PM:

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
If anyone has actually been to Canada in an undocumented boat with US
state registration, would you please let me know. Steve has me
worried with his post reply that he heard somewhere that documentation
is necessary. I spent quite a while on the www.cbsa.gc.ca site today
but couldn't find an answer. You can speak to someone but it's like
waiting for tech support.

I'm sure I would have heard of this if it was the case but things
change constantly with border security now and I'd hate to find out
too late to get the documentation.

--
Roger Long


Try pinging Jeff over at alt.sailing.asa. He's the only one I know of
who's lame enough to even want to sail to Canada. But, seems like I
remember he was up there a couple years ago. He's got a smallish
catamaran and I don't think he can get it documented. Not enough space
inside (tonnage) probably.

Actually, I bought my 36 foot catamaran in Canada. It was state
registered at first when we brought it home, but we ended up
documenting it. So while we were in Canadian waters, we had state
registration. However, we never "entered" Canada, and never saw an
official until we entered the US at Oswego.

It appears that Wilbur is carrying on the great tradition of nautical
ignorance that Capt Neal pioneered. As anyone familiar with
documentation understands, catamarans are actually rated very high by
the formula. My boat, for example, is rated at 22 Gross Tons, even
though her actual displacement is only 4.5 tons.

Roger ,, boats out on the Great Lakes go into Canada all the time. Why
don't you just do a Google search of a marina near the Canadian border.
Look up .. wait .. I can look it up for you ..

http://www.irishboatshop.com/


Check the web site for the Irish boatyard. They aren't far from the
Canadian border up on Lake Michigan.

Give em a call... they will tell you anything you may need to know.. very
nice folks.


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"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
If anyone has actually been to Canada in an undocumented boat with US
state registration, would you please let me know. Steve has me worried
with his post reply that he heard somewhere that documentation is
necessary. I spent quite a while on the www.cbsa.gc.ca site today but
couldn't find an answer. You can speak to someone but it's like waiting
for tech support.

I'm sure I would have heard of this if it was the case but things change
constantly with border security now and I'd hate to find out too late to
get the documentation.

--
Roger Long

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:21:37 GMT, "NE Sailboat"
wrote:

Give em a call... they will tell you anything you may need to know.. very
nice folks.

1-800-CAN-PASS

Free call, get it straight from the horses mouth so to speak,
everything you need to know.

... As anyone familiar with
documentation understands, catamarans are actually rated very high by
the formula. My boat, for example, is rated at 22 Gross Tons, even
though her actual displacement is only 4.5 tons.

That's odd. My 42 foot and substantially heavier cat is only 19 GRT
and 15 NRT on my documentation. I wonder how we got such different
numbers. It's really only mattered in Tonga where we paid harbor dues
based on registered tonnage.

-- Tom.