GL: Great Loop and immigration

[Jacques Faudot]

Thank you , Jo, for your answer.
I forgot to say that I will buy a trawler in the US and register this boat
,like you did, through a Delaware Corporation.
So the problem is not for the boat but for the french people living on the
boat.I don't think it's possible to renew many times the 90 days tourist
visa.
I will be in Florida next week and very please to meet you if ,by chance , you
are also in Forida.

Best Regards

Jacques
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jo Stanton
  To: Ron Rogers ; Dr Michael Hechtkopf ; jacques.faudot at noos.fr ; great-loop
great-loop
  Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:21 PM
  Subject: Re: GL: Great Loop and immigration


  The regulation, as I understand it, is that any foreign-flagged vessel has
to report to the Coast Guard every time they stop - not just at ports or
marinas, but at anchorage too.  This is not only inconvenient, but sometimes
impossible.  We are non-US citizens and registered our boat in the US through
a Delaware corporation so that the boat could be US flagged.  So far we have
done all our boating on 90-day tourist visas.

  Jo Stanton
  Jonah's Whale
  Endeavour 48




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  From: Ron Rogers <rcrogers6 at kennett.net>
  To: Dr Michael Hechtkopf <oneseptember at msn.com>; jacques.faudot at noos.fr;
great-loop great-loop <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
  Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 10:34:51 PM
  Subject: Re: GL: Great Loop and immigration

  What about the separate requirements for a cruising permit and the
  requirement to report upon entry and departure from every darned port? I
  really need to understand these requirements for a Swedish couple here in
my
  marina who have registered their previously US boat in Sweden and will
  proudly fly the Swedish flag. The boat won't be entering since it is
already
  here!

  Ron Rogers
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