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On Jul 22, 6:16 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:28:12 -0700, Bil wrote: Hi, All I know is that his boat papers show Aussie registration; the flag he flies is Aussie and the word "Hobart" is carved in teak beneath the boat's name "Kulkuri", also carved in teak. It may be that, like mine, it has expired. My New Zealand registration expired in 2000 after 5 years. I have not bothered to pay the monumental sum to renew it. At every port in all the countries I have visited I handed over the original regsitration papers, my passport and crew list. Very seldom has anyone queried that the registration expiry date on the papers states 2000. When they have, I merely say that in New Zealand the original still stands and that I have some documentation somewhere on the boat to show that it is still current. A lie perhaps but why should I pay the $1,000 or so for registration for another 5 years. I can spend the money better elsewhere. They have yet to ask me to fetch it. I guess that this will generate a flurry of reasons and comments on my irresponsibility. My feelings are that boating is over-regulated as it is, especially in European waters. Also, in New Zealand (at least it was when I left in 1996), boat registration is only required if you intend to sail overseas to another country. In Malaysia, we do not even ask for boat papers. All that is required is to have your passport stamped. The fact that you arrived by yacht doesn't really matter - so far as Customs etc is concerned, you could have swimmed. The Harbour Master's (with Jabatan Laut) dept is not interested in yachts either. They are more interested in big shipping and the Indonesian barter trade boats. The only time I have every been queried about lack of documentation was upon leaving Cesme in Turkey bound for Greece. The assistant harbour master would not give me a port clearance as I lacked a "certificate of competency". A visit to the local Marine Customs office cleared that up. They told him to look at my passport and asked him how he thought I got there. cheers Peter Hendra How'd he get Australian registration for the boat without being an Australian citizen? and when he did, did he have to pay import duty ? Hobart's a great part of Australia. Captain James Cook said it was one of the best cruising areas in the world. Cheers I'm not sure. It was in about 1986. I do know that he did not have to pay import duty or any state taxes. He was just passing through and his US registration had expired. He was able to register it even though he was neither an Australian resident or citizen. One does not have to be a citizen of either Panama or Monrovia to register there. Hmm ... Peter's friend may have a piece of paper suggesting that his ketch, Kulkiri, was registered in Australia in 1986, but the current Australian Shipping Register does NOT show a boat with the name Kulkuri as a current Australia-registered vessel. Check the relevant page of the Australian Shipping Register at http:// www.amsa.gov.au/Shipping_Registration/List_of_Registered_Ships/Page_2... Something is wrong with this story, Peter! Cheers- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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