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10-05-2018, 15:27
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Miami
Boat: Boatless
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Marina BC or Oregon
We are about to leave Japan heading for the PNW and need a long term marina away from Washington’s use tax. BC or Oregon might work for us. We are 55ft and draw almost 8 ft.
Any recommendations?
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"Remember, experience only means that you screw-up less often."
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10-05-2018, 15:32
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Canada
Boat: T37
Posts: 2,336
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
Can’t speak for Oregon but BC is exspensive for just about everything. Beautiful but pricey.
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10-05-2018, 15:35
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Skagit City, WA
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
Oregon doesnt have a ton of ports really. But you may find something on the Columbia River etc available.
BC away from Vancouver may be reasonable? anyone know? Up the inside passage, Nanaimo? or on the outside of Van Isle? How long can one stay in Canada before you have to move along? How much isolation can you live with?
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10-05-2018, 16:19
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cowichan Bay, BC (Maple Bay Marina)
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
Vancouver Island. If it could work for you, let me know.
Length of stay for foreign vessels:
Visitor Information - Transport Canada
The customs website may also have more info.
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Cowichan Bay, BC, SR/FK, M25, Rocna 10 (22#) (NZ model)
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10-05-2018, 16:31
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bellingham
Boat: Outbound 44
Posts: 9,319
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
Astoria,
Hayden Island in Portland
Newport
All in OR
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10-05-2018, 16:55
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Canada
Boat: T37
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
With BC you pay a premium price but BC tacks on 14% to just about everything boat and nonboat related.
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10-05-2018, 18:41
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bellingham
Boat: Outbound 44
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
Phil
Did you pay sales tax on Moondancer in Fla? If so then it gets credited toward any Washington use tax due.
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11-05-2018, 08:23
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Campbell River, BC
Boat: Union 36
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
Quote:
Originally Posted by rbk
With BC you pay a premium price but BC tacks on 14% to just about everything boat and nonboat related.
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12%, not 14.
Please don’t beat us up more than we already are....
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11-05-2018, 08:24
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Portland,OR (W7TPH)
Boat: Cascade 42 Maria Victoria
Posts: 325
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
On the Columbia river from Saint Helens (down river from Portland) to Portland are lots of marinas to choose from.
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11-05-2018, 08:55
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Edmonton/PNW
Boat: Hunter 386
Posts: 1,745
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
Quote:
Originally Posted by s/v Moondancer
We are about to leave Japan heading for the PNW and need a long term marina away from Washington’s use tax. BC or Oregon might work for us. We are 55ft and draw almost 8 ft.
Any recommendations?
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Liveaboard? If it's in the off season then look at Victoria: they have some great off season rates.
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11-05-2018, 08:58
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Moored in Anacortes, Wa
Boat: Rawson 30PH
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
I believe the use tax in Washington is triggered after 180 days out of a year ... not sure how it is averaged if you bounce in and out of the state.
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11-05-2018, 08:59
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Canada
Boat: T37
Posts: 2,336
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wulf
12%, not 14.
Please don’t beat us up more than we already are....
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Sorry forgot that got reduced. Born on the island and love the area but won’t ever live there again, not because of the people (there are a lot these days) but rather political agendas and red tape policies, although not exclusive to BC.
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11-05-2018, 09:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bellingham
Boat: Outbound 44
Posts: 9,319
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
You can get a 12 month use tax exemption in Washington if you are a non-resident:
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Nonresidents may now choose to keep their boats in Washington for up to 12 months without incurring sales, use or excise tax liability. To be exempt from the tax liability, a permit must be purchased from a participating Washington vessel dealer. The permit is good for one year and it may not be renewed. Upon expiration of the permit, the vessel must leave the State and may not re-enter for 24 months. The exemption is offered only on vessels individually owned and over 30 feet. The cost is $500 for 30 feet to 50 feet and $800 for 50 feet and over.
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11-05-2018, 09:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: PNW
Boat: J/42
Posts: 938
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
There are lots of cheap (ca. $1K per year) marinas on the lower Columbia but draft can severely limit many of them. I was sometimes locked out (or in) of entrance channels with 5 foot draft. This time of year, you can sail anywhere, including nearby cow pastures. But in late summer, and fall, the water gets really thin. Larger and pricier marinas tend to have deeper water. Farther up-river marinas are scarce and waiting lists are long.
Worth noting that NOAA recently moved its fleet to Newport, on the grounds that it saves them two days travel time to the open sea, compared to Seattle. Same issue applies on the Columbia. But if you want to cruise the Salish Sea... not always easy or fast to get there from Oregon.
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11-05-2018, 09:19
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Langley, WA
Boat: Nordic 44
Posts: 2,496
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Re: Marina BC or Oregon
In Washington state if you have owned your boat more than seven years there is no sales/use tax when you register. That was a very pleasant surprise when we moved here in 2011. You must have documentation to prove it.
As for landfall, we arrived in Ucuelet on Vancouver Island when we arrived from Hawaii. A nice small town with a good marina. We arrived in the height of the salmon season and it was packed with small fishing boats but they fit us in.
Bon Voyage
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