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28-07-2011, 10:06
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#1
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Algarve, Portugal
Boat: Gib sea 43
Posts: 1,008
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Clearing In / Out
Does the skipper or owner have to do this or can one of the crew? i just hate waiting in queues
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28-07-2011, 10:09
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: North Palm Beach, Fl.
Boat: Westerly Corsair 36' "Stargazer"
Posts: 142
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Re: Clearing in/out
the captain
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28-07-2011, 11:03
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#3
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Algarve, Portugal
Boat: Gib sea 43
Posts: 1,008
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Re: Clearing In / Out
can i not pretend that someone else is the boss?
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28-07-2011, 11:12
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#4
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Clearing In / Out
owner of boat must do it if not being delivered by a cpt. if is, cpt does it.
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28-07-2011, 11:17
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Algarve, Portugal
Boat: Gib sea 43
Posts: 1,008
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Re: Clearing In / Out
now what if the owner is on board but has a delivery captain?
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28-07-2011, 11:21
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,822
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Re: Clearing In / Out
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Originally Posted by stevensuf
can i not pretend that someone else is the boss?
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Try to screw over Customs and Immigration by playing "I'm too Important to Visit Officials in your Tin Pot Country" and you will have a startling reception.
Utterly startling.
Mark
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28-07-2011, 11:26
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,959
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Re: Clearing In / Out
Hire an agent. But it's never been much of a bother for me. TSA is far worse.
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28-07-2011, 11:28
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Toronto
Boat: Heritage 35
Posts: 419
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Re: Clearing In / Out
Can't think of a better way to be guest of a foreign country than to P. off the Customs and Border Officials. Generaly treat them with respect and you will receive the same treatment. screw with them and it's on your own head! usually they have more power than God sooo.
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28-07-2011, 12:12
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#9
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Oceanside, Ca.
Boat: Islander Freeport 36
Posts: 576
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Re: Clearing In / Out
Who is the Captain between a married couple that equally share ownership?
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28-07-2011, 15:28
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#10
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cayuga Lake NY - or on the boat somewhere south of there
Boat: Caliber 40
Posts: 1,355
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Re: Clearing In / Out
you will have to pick one of you to be captain since you have put a name in that space on the forms. Even if you think it is a good idea to make every decision jointly, customs doesnt care. They want to know who the capt. is and they dont want two names.
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28-07-2011, 15:38
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#11
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Worcester U.K.
Boat: Privilege 435 Now Sold
Posts: 1,060
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Re: Clearing In / Out
Quote:
Originally Posted by stevensuf
Does the skipper or owner have to do this or can one of the crew? i just hate waiting in queues
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Get used to it. I can't queue in supermarkets without getting angry. However, at C&I around the world I smile sweetly however much incompetence is going on around me, keep my mouth shut except when answering questions, never volunteering any information that hasn't been asked for.
Don't even think about sending someone else in as skipper. If you annoy C&I they will take pleasure in spoiling your whole day (at least)
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28-07-2011, 17:06
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clear Lake Marine Services - Seabrook, Texas
Boat: Gulfstar, Mark II Ketch, 43'
Posts: 2,359
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Re: Clearing In / Out
It doesn't take long to clear in/out of a country
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Formerly Santana
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Everyday is a good day for SAILING!!!!
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28-07-2011, 17:15
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#13
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,959
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Re: Clearing In / Out
If you have something better to do than stand in line and chat with the other victims....then you are not really a cruiser are you?
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28-07-2011, 18:54
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Boat: Columbia 41
Posts: 522
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Re: Clearing In / Out
There can be only one "Managing Owner" listed on your vessel documentation. That person or the capt if it is on charter is the one who does ship's business ashore. No one else is permitted ashore until the vessel has cleared customs.
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28-07-2011, 19:40
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#15
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: A real life Zombie from FL
Boat: Gulfstar 53 - Osiris
Posts: 5,416
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Re: Clearing In / Out
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Originally Posted by Unicorn Dreams
It doesn't take long to clear in/out of a country
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That question cannot be answered as in some places it is quite fast like the French Caribbean Islands and their D-I-Y computer check-in/out that usually can be done in 15 minutes or less after you get to an office. Most of that time is trying to figure out the French computer keyboard and figuring out what the USA is called in French (and some other islands).
- - In other islands it can take hours to all day and in some Central America countries it has been known to take a couple of days.
- - So the answer is all over the place with even someplace you checked in/out rapidly suddenly taking double or triple the time due to the officials being called to do something else - right in the middle of doing you. That gets really frustrating, but you smile and patiently wait your turn.
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