[Amgine]

That is, I could argue with CBSA and, until I get my landed status which shows I am a resident of Canada, I could keep the boat here and occasionally go back and forth over the border.

And every time I clear back into Canada I'll have to do it again, if they feel like making an issue of it. Which it seemed they did.

But, since I really do want to be a resident, and I'm waiting on approval for my landed status application (just coming up on two years since the first application submission... s-l-o-w....), this will let me avoid being required to sail into the USA and the hassles there. Crossing the border either direction is not so huge a problem as to prevent my doing it again, but it's not something I look forward to either. It usually means at least a half day out of my holiday each way getting to a clearance port that isn't on my preferred itinerary.

Besides, Canadian boats don't seem to have as much difficulty clearing in to other commonwealth nations as do USA boats.