[PUP] Documentation

[Dave Cooper]

<George wrote in part: Do you think this will be a problem in the Caribbean,
Panama and the Pacific Islands?>

Yes. The world today wants to see a flagged vessel not a state or provincial
registered one. State registration isn't the same as documentation.
The French are particularly fussy about this. Boats have been fined for not
being flagged when trying to check in.

Suggest that you consider one of the many offshore jurisdictions to flag it.
BVI, Cayman's, Marshall Islands, Anguilla, Antigua, etc. The list is long
and each have their plus' and minus'.
If you are Delaware registered and a foreign national then you can't fly the
US Flag but only the Delaware State flag.

I'm surprised that the broker or whom ever you bought it from hasn't helped
you on this matter. They should know the rules and if not steer you to an
agent that does.

Better to get it done right before you leave rather than find out in some
hot little customs agent office that what you have given him isn't what he
wants.

As always YMMV....

Dave & Nancy
Swan Song
Roughwater 58