I went and talked to customs the other day to get straight in my mind
as to aliens having to report in whenever they move.
The way it was explained to me is thus;
When you first arrive at a designated port of entry, you call
customs. They come to the boat and check your papers and ask your plans.
If you are sailing thru to another country or are going to make an
extended cruise along the coast, for instance, you check in at Neah Bay
and are planning to sail south to other US ports and then on to Mexico,
you are required to get a cruising license, which is free, and you must
call an 800 number each time you stop.
If you are say, a Canadian, and are down in the Seattle area and
going to bop around the Puget Sound area for awhile, no license is required.
It sounds like the chap on the east coast never informed customs he
was planning a trip up the coast and so he ran afoul of the law.
It is all up to customs to decide who needs what and what must be done.

Of course, this is customs and homeland security, border patrol is
another issue.

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:39:29 -0700, Gordon wrote:

I went and talked to customs the other day to get straight in my mind
as to aliens having to report in whenever they move.
The way it was explained to me is thus;
When you first arrive at a designated port of entry, you call
customs. They come to the boat and check your papers and ask your plans.
If you are sailing thru to another country or are going to make an
extended cruise along the coast, for instance, you check in at Neah Bay
and are planning to sail south to other US ports and then on to Mexico,
you are required to get a cruising license, which is free, and you must
call an 800 number each time you stop.
If you are say, a Canadian, and are down in the Seattle area and
going to bop around the Puget Sound area for awhile, no license is required.
It sounds like the chap on the east coast never informed customs he
was planning a trip up the coast and so he ran afoul of the law.
It is all up to customs to decide who needs what and what must be done.

Of course, this is customs and homeland security, border patrol is
another issue.


Not in any way to dispute your findings but what is all this stuff we
read on c\various web sighta\s about notification prior to arrival.
etc.?

Or is this a different agency?


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:33:42 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:39:29 -0700, Gordon wrote:

I went and talked to customs the other day to get straight in my mind
as to aliens having to report in whenever they move.
The way it was explained to me is thus;
When you first arrive at a designated port of entry, you call
customs. They come to the boat and check your papers and ask your plans.
If you are sailing thru to another country or are going to make an
extended cruise along the coast, for instance, you check in at Neah Bay
and are planning to sail south to other US ports and then on to Mexico,
you are required to get a cruising license, which is free, and you must
call an 800 number each time you stop.
If you are say, a Canadian, and are down in the Seattle area and
going to bop around the Puget Sound area for awhile, no license is required.
It sounds like the chap on the east coast never informed customs he
was planning a trip up the coast and so he ran afoul of the law.
It is all up to customs to decide who needs what and what must be done.

Of course, this is customs and homeland security, border patrol is
another issue.


Not in any way to dispute your findings but what is all this stuff we
read on c\various web sighta\s about notification prior to arrival.
etc.?

Or is this a different agency?


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Must have gotten excited as that is some really ridicules spelling.

what I meant to say was:
Not in any way to dispute your findings but what is all this stuff we
read on various web sights about notification prior to arrival.
etc.?

Or is this a different agency?


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Gordon wrote in
m:

Of course, this is customs and homeland security, border patrol is
another issue.



If you make yourself up to look like a Mexican criminal, noone will bother
you or say a word and noone will even pay you a second glance....including
all of the above.

Larry wrote:
Gordon wrote in
m:

Of course, this is customs and homeland security, border patrol is
another issue.



If you make yourself up to look like a Mexican criminal, noone will bother
you or say a word and noone will even pay you a second glance....including
all of the above.


We've got a lot of them up here.(BP, that is) There was a bunch on
the dock the other day. I asked one if they were sea scouts.
Let's just say they have no sense of humor.
Gordon