"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:

This whole thing of checking in is on the honors system and virtually
unenforceable. And we all know that terrorist will abide by the law and
voluntarily check in.........eh?



No, it isn't an "honor system", and had you been caught your boat would
or could have been seized, you would be subject to fines of tens of
thousands of dollars, and quite possibly face some jail time.

You also should have been reporting into Canadian customs
when you arrived in Canada.

I did. ;-)

JimH wrote:

You also should have been reporting into Canadian customs
when you arrived in Canada.

I did. ;-)

Here's something interesting to consider, then.

The US and Canadian Customs share computer data about arriving and
departing vessels. I was standing in a US customs office waiting to
report and I overheard a phone conversation in which a customs agent
was detailing all of the previous border crossings for a specific
vessel going back about ten years or more previously. What struck me as
odd was that the US agent knew exactly when the vessel entered Canada
over the years- data that would not have been available except through
Canadian customs because as you know we are not required to "check
out".

If you're on the Canadian database as checking "in" to Canada and not
on the US database as having "returned" to the US, the evidence to make
life a bit awkward for you is alive and kicking. This is exactly the
sort of thing that can come back and bite you in the butt someday.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...

JimH wrote:

You also should have been reporting into Canadian customs
when you arrived in Canada.

I did. ;-)

Here's something interesting to consider, then.

The US and Canadian Customs share computer data about arriving and
departing vessels. I was standing in a US customs office waiting to
report and I overheard a phone conversation in which a customs agent
was detailing all of the previous border crossings for a specific
vessel going back about ten years or more previously. What struck me as
odd was that the US agent knew exactly when the vessel entered Canada
over the years- data that would not have been available except through
Canadian customs because as you know we are not required to "check
out".

If you're on the Canadian database as checking "in" to Canada and not
on the US database as having "returned" to the US, the evidence to make
life a bit awkward for you is alive and kicking. This is exactly the
sort of thing that can come back and bite you in the butt someday.


Hey I am one of those people who like living on the edge. I might even
cross a street outside of a designated crosswalk area and or drive over the
designated speed limit.

The bottom line is that I survived and don't stay awake at night worrying
about it. I doubt that the terrorists do either.
;-)