Where is the main user base for CF?

[Searles]

Per head of population, New Zealand,would win hands down,every Kiwi seams to own at least 3 boats or is building a boat or another boat,and most if not all are bloody good .⚓️👍⛵️

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Marina del Rey in California has around 5000 boats...

Jim

Port Camargue now claims to be the largest marina in Europe with a 145 acre basin, 250 acres of land and over 4300 berths.
Apparently there are 195 marinas in France.. officially..
Spain has 350...

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by Chotu

Or sometimes they screw up completely and violate all immigration law.

I did this many many years ago kind of by mistake. At least I like to say it was my mistake. I was really tired. With my ex-wife. It was the end of a long day. We had a very sketchy Detroit looking at us, and then across on the other side of the water there was a much nicer place to stay we could see. So we tied up over there. Ha ha ha.

We didn’t get off the boat or do anything. But we did tie to a dock for the night. Nobody came around. It was kind of an abandoned marina or something. The slips were empty. Nobody came out. And we just carried on the next day as if nothing happened. But that was a violation of the borders.

Pre-9/11. Back when things were a lot less stringent

Ah yes, back in the good ol' days... It used to be common for boaters on Lake Superior to jump across and "forget" to clear in. Makes sense, especially for Americans coming to the Canadian side, because there are few places to clear customs, and they are a long way out of the way.

Everyone knew it happened, and no one cared because people were reasonable. 9/11 threw reason out the window. I wouldn't try it today.

[goboatingnow]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

It's known as the right of innocent passage, and virtually all nations recognize it as part of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Here is one legal description:

https://www.lawteacher.net/free-law-...essay.php#ftn1

Interestingly, while virtually all countries have signed on to UNCLOS, the US has never ratified it. But my understanding is that they operate as if they did. As a country, the US certainly insists on this right (ex: Northwest Passage)

All this said, nations can do whatever the heck they want, and as with everything, it depends highly on the border guard you meet. Any foreign boat can be stopped at any time by national authorities. And you bet they won't care if you're claiming "innocent passage" rights.

Many nations simply suspended innocent passage during covid.

[leecea]

I found a free traffic analyzer that said last month's traffic originated from:

USA 61.4%
UK 6.24%
Canada 5.73%
Australia 5.39%
New Zealand 2.54%
Others 18.7%

No idea if that's accurate and how you use it to gauge participation, but I'm sure someone knows the answer

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

Many nations simply suspended innocent passage during covid.

True. Or they made it a lot harder. Let's hope this is an aberration.

Originally Posted by leecea

I found a free traffic analyzer that said last month's traffic originated from:

USA 61.4%
UK 6.24%
Canada 5.73%
Australia 5.39%
New Zealand 2.54%
Others 18.7%

No idea if that's accurate and how you use it to gauge participation, but I'm sure someone knows the answer

Certainly feels "truthy" to me .