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Armond Perretta wrote: Glenn Ashmore wrote: ... Looks like we will have to make the run up the Old Bahama Channel and hope we don't meet any Cuban gunboats. I was unaware this had become a problem. Bush and Rumsfeld have established that Osama is wintering in Havana, of course. This was obvious once the CIA conclusively demonstrated that the Tropicana chorus line are now appearing in bourkas. I am more concerned about the CNB weapons that the Dubya tried to claim Castro was building. Bet everyone forgot about that. Bush got caught in a big lie and evidently didn't learn much when he came up with the Iraq justification. - Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Customs is by Phone immediately after you arrive at the dock in the
US... Immigration is in person withing 24 hours. Doug Dotson wrote: We checked back in via a cellphone. From what I understand the whole process now has to be done in person. Doug s/v Callista "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... x-no-archive:yes "stealth" wrote: "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:lFgFb.9050$JD6.3215@lakeread04... stealth wrote: What exactly have our leaders changed regarding homeland security going offshore and back? Given the dog and pony show they are selling in the name of our safety, I can only imagine the lunacy that they have implemented against law abiding U. S. citizens that are boaters. As an airline pilot and avid aviator, I get to witness the idiocy you mention first hand! TSA is nothing more than smoke and mirrors for the duped public who falsely believe otherwise. Here is the latest word on Bahamas/South Florida clearing. First the bahamian Government has softened a little. You can now exit and return once in the first 90 days of the year long cruising permit. They have also made it clearer that you are not to be charged overtime fees or for the dinghy either on deck or towed. On the US side, you can still clear customs by phone if you have a sticker but Immigration wants in person check in. Once you have tied up you have to take a $40 taxi ride to the airport or to Dodge Island. While the crew is spending the day checking into the US, Osama can unload the neuclear device and check into the Holliday Inn. If I understand you correctly, customs never once visits the actual boat? Well that's not quite correct. You can clear customs or at least start the procedure by phone (although they do insist on a land line - you can't or aren't supposed to be able to do it by cell phone although I have managed to do so) whether or not you have a sticker. If you don't have a sticker, you have to get one and then phone and tell them the number to finish the clearing in process. (This is only for boats over a certain length BTW) But customs can, at their discretion, require you to wait at the dock for them to actually visit the boat and do an inspection in person. I'm pretty sure this is still the same. I heard that some ports of entry were more likely to do an in person inspection than others. I think it's pretty much the same in the Bahamas depending on the port. In Bimini, Chub, West End, Morgan's Bluff and other small places, one person gets off the boat and checks in with customs and then with immigration. Actually I think at Morgan's Bluff you anchor and they come out to you. Sometimes customs and immigration are the same person and sometimes not. In Nassau or Lucaya, you tie up to the dock and wait for them to get around to visiting your boat. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish as to who is dumber; those that create these idiotic laws or the people who continually vote these idiots into office and allow it to continue. TSA is a farce and nothing more than a police state affair that gives the uninformed a false warm and cozy feeling that they are safe from terrorist harm. It amazes me how many people I meet in my travels actually believe that the government/TSA is doing an outstanding job of protecting us. Point in case, they strip search airline pilots in plain view of the passengers, take away their nail clippers, and then allow them to board the flight deck which contains a crash axe, flares, AND complete control of the aircraft. It would seem logical that rather than worrying about every pair of nail clippers that may or may not get on a flight, safety would be better served if we concerned ourselves more with "who" is on the flight rather than "what". If someone of middle eastern origin balks at removing their turban for inspection due to religious reasons, they are allowed to pass through security without fail due to the fact they we don't want to racial profile for fear of making anyone angry. Make note that all successful terrorist hijackers have been from those of the middle east. Yet, TSA will demand that an elderly and frail grandmother in a wheel chair be searched with no exceptions if they so choose. In addition, if a crew member refuses to remove their hat, they WILL be fired, and the TSA (not the FAA) now has full authority to revoke the airmen certificates (license) of anyone that they (again, not the FAA) deems a national security threat. This interpretation of who and why is at the sole discretion of the TSA. Currently, there is no check and balance of this outrageous power, and as such, we are at the mercy of minimum wage high school drop outs in determining who can board and who cannot. My point is that we have the technology to determine with utmost certainty the identity of any one individual, yet we choose to allow ourselves to be scrutinized by a police state mentality in the name of safety. I realize I am getting off topic for which this group is intended, but I lurk in this group from time to time as it is my intention to buy a 35'-40' in the near future and dock it in the Miami area. And as a law abiding citizen, I would like to be able to retain the freedom to float my boat at will without constantly being treated like a common criminal. As such, witnessing what the government has done in the name of safety to the aviation sector, both commercial and private, the topic of new TSA rules boating to and from the Bahamas peaked my curiosity. Thanks for the reply. s grandma Rosalie |
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Customs is by Phone immediately after you arrive at the dock in the
US... Immigration is in person withing 24 hours. Doug Dotson wrote: We checked back in via a cellphone. From what I understand the whole process now has to be done in person. Doug s/v Callista "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... x-no-archive:yes "stealth" wrote: "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:lFgFb.9050$JD6.3215@lakeread04... stealth wrote: What exactly have our leaders changed regarding homeland security going offshore and back? Given the dog and pony show they are selling in the name of our safety, I can only imagine the lunacy that they have implemented against law abiding U. S. citizens that are boaters. As an airline pilot and avid aviator, I get to witness the idiocy you mention first hand! TSA is nothing more than smoke and mirrors for the duped public who falsely believe otherwise. Here is the latest word on Bahamas/South Florida clearing. First the bahamian Government has softened a little. You can now exit and return once in the first 90 days of the year long cruising permit. They have also made it clearer that you are not to be charged overtime fees or for the dinghy either on deck or towed. On the US side, you can still clear customs by phone if you have a sticker but Immigration wants in person check in. Once you have tied up you have to take a $40 taxi ride to the airport or to Dodge Island. While the crew is spending the day checking into the US, Osama can unload the neuclear device and check into the Holliday Inn. If I understand you correctly, customs never once visits the actual boat? Well that's not quite correct. You can clear customs or at least start the procedure by phone (although they do insist on a land line - you can't or aren't supposed to be able to do it by cell phone although I have managed to do so) whether or not you have a sticker. If you don't have a sticker, you have to get one and then phone and tell them the number to finish the clearing in process. (This is only for boats over a certain length BTW) But customs can, at their discretion, require you to wait at the dock for them to actually visit the boat and do an inspection in person. I'm pretty sure this is still the same. I heard that some ports of entry were more likely to do an in person inspection than others. I think it's pretty much the same in the Bahamas depending on the port. In Bimini, Chub, West End, Morgan's Bluff and other small places, one person gets off the boat and checks in with customs and then with immigration. Actually I think at Morgan's Bluff you anchor and they come out to you. Sometimes customs and immigration are the same person and sometimes not. In Nassau or Lucaya, you tie up to the dock and wait for them to get around to visiting your boat. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish as to who is dumber; those that create these idiotic laws or the people who continually vote these idiots into office and allow it to continue. TSA is a farce and nothing more than a police state affair that gives the uninformed a false warm and cozy feeling that they are safe from terrorist harm. It amazes me how many people I meet in my travels actually believe that the government/TSA is doing an outstanding job of protecting us. Point in case, they strip search airline pilots in plain view of the passengers, take away their nail clippers, and then allow them to board the flight deck which contains a crash axe, flares, AND complete control of the aircraft. It would seem logical that rather than worrying about every pair of nail clippers that may or may not get on a flight, safety would be better served if we concerned ourselves more with "who" is on the flight rather than "what". If someone of middle eastern origin balks at removing their turban for inspection due to religious reasons, they are allowed to pass through security without fail due to the fact they we don't want to racial profile for fear of making anyone angry. Make note that all successful terrorist hijackers have been from those of the middle east. Yet, TSA will demand that an elderly and frail grandmother in a wheel chair be searched with no exceptions if they so choose. In addition, if a crew member refuses to remove their hat, they WILL be fired, and the TSA (not the FAA) now has full authority to revoke the airmen certificates (license) of anyone that they (again, not the FAA) deems a national security threat. This interpretation of who and why is at the sole discretion of the TSA. Currently, there is no check and balance of this outrageous power, and as such, we are at the mercy of minimum wage high school drop outs in determining who can board and who cannot. My point is that we have the technology to determine with utmost certainty the identity of any one individual, yet we choose to allow ourselves to be scrutinized by a police state mentality in the name of safety. I realize I am getting off topic for which this group is intended, but I lurk in this group from time to time as it is my intention to buy a 35'-40' in the near future and dock it in the Miami area. And as a law abiding citizen, I would like to be able to retain the freedom to float my boat at will without constantly being treated like a common criminal. As such, witnessing what the government has done in the name of safety to the aviation sector, both commercial and private, the topic of new TSA rules boating to and from the Bahamas peaked my curiosity. Thanks for the reply. s grandma Rosalie |
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GOOD point. $ or the lack of it talks.
.......so they don't get ours. Hi--- Fediel Listen up. |
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GOOD point. $ or the lack of it talks.
.......so they don't get ours. Hi--- Fediel Listen up. |
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Agree That the immigration check in does nothing for security.
As a practical note, if you enter at Lake Worth inlet you can anchor out, dingy in to Riviera Beach marina, and walk about a block to the Immigration office at the cruise ship terminal at the Port of Palm Beach. Ed wrote: Customs is by Phone immediately after you arrive at the dock in the US... Immigration is in person withing 24 hours. Doug Dotson wrote: We checked back in via a cellphone. From what I understand the whole process now has to be done in person. Doug s/v Callista "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... x-no-archive:yes "stealth" wrote: "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:lFgFb.9050$JD6.3215@lakeread04... stealth wrote: What exactly have our leaders changed regarding homeland security going offshore and back? Given the dog and pony show they are selling in the name of our safety, I can only imagine the lunacy that they have implemented against law abiding U. S. citizens that are boaters. As an airline pilot and avid aviator, I get to witness the idiocy you mention first hand! TSA is nothing more than smoke and mirrors for the duped public who falsely believe otherwise. Here is the latest word on Bahamas/South Florida clearing. First the bahamian Government has softened a little. You can now exit and return once in the first 90 days of the year long cruising permit. They have also made it clearer that you are not to be charged overtime fees or for the dinghy either on deck or towed. On the US side, you can still clear customs by phone if you have a sticker but Immigration wants in person check in. Once you have tied up you have to take a $40 taxi ride to the airport or to Dodge Island. While the crew is spending the day checking into the US, Osama can unload the neuclear device and check into the Holliday Inn. If I understand you correctly, customs never once visits the actual boat? Well that's not quite correct. You can clear customs or at least start the procedure by phone (although they do insist on a land line - you can't or aren't supposed to be able to do it by cell phone although I have managed to do so) whether or not you have a sticker. If you don't have a sticker, you have to get one and then phone and tell them the number to finish the clearing in process. (This is only for boats over a certain length BTW) But customs can, at their discretion, require you to wait at the dock for them to actually visit the boat and do an inspection in person. I'm pretty sure this is still the same. I heard that some ports of entry were more likely to do an in person inspection than others. I think it's pretty much the same in the Bahamas depending on the port. In Bimini, Chub, West End, Morgan's Bluff and other small places, one person gets off the boat and checks in with customs and then with immigration. Actually I think at Morgan's Bluff you anchor and they come out to you. Sometimes customs and immigration are the same person and sometimes not. In Nassau or Lucaya, you tie up to the dock and wait for them to get around to visiting your boat. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish as to who is dumber; those that create these idiotic laws or the people who continually vote these idiots into office and allow it to continue. TSA is a farce and nothing more than a police state affair that gives the uninformed a false warm and cozy feeling that they are safe from terrorist harm. It amazes me how many people I meet in my travels actually believe that the government/TSA is doing an outstanding job of protecting us. Point in case, they strip search airline pilots in plain view of the passengers, take away their nail clippers, and then allow them to board the flight deck which contains a crash axe, flares, AND complete control of the aircraft. It would seem logical that rather than worrying about every pair of nail clippers that may or may not get on a flight, safety would be better served if we concerned ourselves more with "who" is on the flight rather than "what". If someone of middle eastern origin balks at removing their turban for inspection due to religious reasons, they are allowed to pass through security without fail due to the fact they we don't want to racial profile for fear of making anyone angry. Make note that all successful terrorist hijackers have been from those of the middle east. Yet, TSA will demand that an elderly and frail grandmother in a wheel chair be searched with no exceptions if they so choose. In addition, if a crew member refuses to remove their hat, they WILL be fired, and the TSA (not the FAA) now has full authority to revoke the airmen certificates (license) of anyone that they (again, not the FAA) deems a national security threat. This interpretation of who and why is at the sole discretion of the TSA. Currently, there is no check and balance of this outrageous power, and as such, we are at the mercy of minimum wage high school drop outs in determining who can board and who cannot. My point is that we have the technology to determine with utmost certainty the identity of any one individual, yet we choose to allow ourselves to be scrutinized by a police state mentality in the name of safety. I realize I am getting off topic for which this group is intended, but I lurk in this group from time to time as it is my intention to buy a 35'-40' in the near future and dock it in the Miami area. And as a law abiding citizen, I would like to be able to retain the freedom to float my boat at will without constantly being treated like a common criminal. As such, witnessing what the government has done in the name of safety to the aviation sector, both commercial and private, the topic of new TSA rules boating to and from the Bahamas peaked my curiosity. Thanks for the reply. s grandma Rosalie |
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Agree That the immigration check in does nothing for security.
As a practical note, if you enter at Lake Worth inlet you can anchor out, dingy in to Riviera Beach marina, and walk about a block to the Immigration office at the cruise ship terminal at the Port of Palm Beach. Ed wrote: Customs is by Phone immediately after you arrive at the dock in the US... Immigration is in person withing 24 hours. Doug Dotson wrote: We checked back in via a cellphone. From what I understand the whole process now has to be done in person. Doug s/v Callista "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... x-no-archive:yes "stealth" wrote: "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:lFgFb.9050$JD6.3215@lakeread04... stealth wrote: What exactly have our leaders changed regarding homeland security going offshore and back? Given the dog and pony show they are selling in the name of our safety, I can only imagine the lunacy that they have implemented against law abiding U. S. citizens that are boaters. As an airline pilot and avid aviator, I get to witness the idiocy you mention first hand! TSA is nothing more than smoke and mirrors for the duped public who falsely believe otherwise. Here is the latest word on Bahamas/South Florida clearing. First the bahamian Government has softened a little. You can now exit and return once in the first 90 days of the year long cruising permit. They have also made it clearer that you are not to be charged overtime fees or for the dinghy either on deck or towed. On the US side, you can still clear customs by phone if you have a sticker but Immigration wants in person check in. Once you have tied up you have to take a $40 taxi ride to the airport or to Dodge Island. While the crew is spending the day checking into the US, Osama can unload the neuclear device and check into the Holliday Inn. If I understand you correctly, customs never once visits the actual boat? Well that's not quite correct. You can clear customs or at least start the procedure by phone (although they do insist on a land line - you can't or aren't supposed to be able to do it by cell phone although I have managed to do so) whether or not you have a sticker. If you don't have a sticker, you have to get one and then phone and tell them the number to finish the clearing in process. (This is only for boats over a certain length BTW) But customs can, at their discretion, require you to wait at the dock for them to actually visit the boat and do an inspection in person. I'm pretty sure this is still the same. I heard that some ports of entry were more likely to do an in person inspection than others. I think it's pretty much the same in the Bahamas depending on the port. In Bimini, Chub, West End, Morgan's Bluff and other small places, one person gets off the boat and checks in with customs and then with immigration. Actually I think at Morgan's Bluff you anchor and they come out to you. Sometimes customs and immigration are the same person and sometimes not. In Nassau or Lucaya, you tie up to the dock and wait for them to get around to visiting your boat. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish as to who is dumber; those that create these idiotic laws or the people who continually vote these idiots into office and allow it to continue. TSA is a farce and nothing more than a police state affair that gives the uninformed a false warm and cozy feeling that they are safe from terrorist harm. It amazes me how many people I meet in my travels actually believe that the government/TSA is doing an outstanding job of protecting us. Point in case, they strip search airline pilots in plain view of the passengers, take away their nail clippers, and then allow them to board the flight deck which contains a crash axe, flares, AND complete control of the aircraft. It would seem logical that rather than worrying about every pair of nail clippers that may or may not get on a flight, safety would be better served if we concerned ourselves more with "who" is on the flight rather than "what". If someone of middle eastern origin balks at removing their turban for inspection due to religious reasons, they are allowed to pass through security without fail due to the fact they we don't want to racial profile for fear of making anyone angry. Make note that all successful terrorist hijackers have been from those of the middle east. Yet, TSA will demand that an elderly and frail grandmother in a wheel chair be searched with no exceptions if they so choose. In addition, if a crew member refuses to remove their hat, they WILL be fired, and the TSA (not the FAA) now has full authority to revoke the airmen certificates (license) of anyone that they (again, not the FAA) deems a national security threat. This interpretation of who and why is at the sole discretion of the TSA. Currently, there is no check and balance of this outrageous power, and as such, we are at the mercy of minimum wage high school drop outs in determining who can board and who cannot. My point is that we have the technology to determine with utmost certainty the identity of any one individual, yet we choose to allow ourselves to be scrutinized by a police state mentality in the name of safety. I realize I am getting off topic for which this group is intended, but I lurk in this group from time to time as it is my intention to buy a 35'-40' in the near future and dock it in the Miami area. And as a law abiding citizen, I would like to be able to retain the freedom to float my boat at will without constantly being treated like a common criminal. As such, witnessing what the government has done in the name of safety to the aviation sector, both commercial and private, the topic of new TSA rules boating to and from the Bahamas peaked my curiosity. Thanks for the reply. s grandma Rosalie |
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From: Rosalie B. I suspect no phones work there now. Cingular(sp) worked as of 2 weeks ago. My AT&T phone only worked when we got to the Turks & Caicos. And then the Cingular stopped working. Capt. Bill |
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From: Rosalie B. I suspect no phones work there now. Cingular(sp) worked as of 2 weeks ago. My AT&T phone only worked when we got to the Turks & Caicos. And then the Cingular stopped working. Capt. Bill |
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