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Originally Posted by Nicholson58
Good to know. What documentation did you carry? Did you have a bill of sale? Did the state registration constitute a title or proof of ownership? Were you asked for any of this?
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Yes we had bill of sale, copies of NY registration, &
insurance. Made sure the address on each was the same. Carried several copies of each never knowing if a customs officer might keep a copy. NEVER used originals. Title was not questioned. NY did not even send us the title until we were home that December. We had looked into documenting the boat and perhaps registering it in Delaware to save $ on
taxes. In the end it was going to be too much trouble to do while in the Caribbean. Our broker did a lot of legwork for us and going down the documentation would have been asking too much of them.
That first year we sailed to Grenada and left the boat in the
water at Clarke's Court Bay for 4 months. (Gotta be back in Buffalo for
winter. Skiers.) The following spring we sailed from Grenada to Virginia stopping at almost every island. No issues. The NY registration stickers were now on the bow and we had the official registration card and COPIES of the title. Never had an issue between Grenada and the
Bahamas.
Next spring we are headed back to the Caribbean after coming south from the
Great Lakes on the inland rivers. (Spectacular, btw.) Our plans will take us through the
Panama Canal to the
south Pacific on our way to
Alaska. We don't anticipate any problems anywhere out there either.
Spending lots of time on the CF and other
forums on what is going to be an issue - traveling with our cat. It appears that will be a customs challenge in many places. Any voyagers out there with cat (s) aboard?
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