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i purchased my boat in the u.s. and re-flagged from uscg to u.k. reg. i was told by customs (wilmington, n.c.) that i didn't need a cruising permit as the boat hadn't been imported.
as far as i can tell the cruising permit is not so much a "permit to cruise" as a way of keeping track of boats that are potentially dutiable
when we left the u.s. last year we cleared out in wilmington with no questions being raised
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