Hi,
I'm a Canadian citizen with a
boat that's with the CA DMV as opposed to the USCG (can't be USCG registered as a Canadian). I want to bring the
boat abroad, and I'm wondering what I should do about the CA
certification.
Should I register with
Canada? Or some other foreign flag of convenience? My
kids are US citizens and I heard I could give them 1%
ownership and then use the USCG registry. But I also heard that getting insured abroad in the Pacific as a US vessel is much harder and expensive than as another flag (litigeous jurisdiction?).
Anyways, do I need to get out of the CA
certification thing? If so, what do you suggest? How to do it and what are expected costs?
For context, we want to leave SF,
head to
Hawaii, Majuro,
Guam and end up in Japan/Korea. Boat is currently in SF. It would then remain in
Asia (we live there).