[PCW] go-anywhere power cats (Robert Deering), Jones Act

[Tim Askins]

The Jones Act does not apply to bare boat charters or 6 Pac ( 6 passengers or
less). There has been some easing of the regs in the last few years and you
can now apply for a 12 passenger license by making a $500 application for an
administrative exception. For many years this was accomplished by having your
local congressman attach a bill exempting your vessel to another pork barrel
bill that would sail through congress.

Hope that helps.
Tim A



> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:32:38 -0800> From: deering at ak.net> To:
john at adventurebay.co.nz; power-catamaran at lists.samurai.com> Subject: Re: [PCW]
go-anywhere power cats (Robert Deering), Jones Act> > John,> > Thanks for the
pricing clarification. Better, but still far out of my> range.> > I'm no Jones
Act expert, but I understand that it was passed as legislation> to protect
American ship builders from low-priced foreign competitors...you> know, like
you.> > The ruling basically says that a ship (boat) for hire may not
originate in> one US port and terminate in another unless its hull is
US-built. That's> why for many years cruise ships (foreign hulls) running to
Alaska departed> from Vancouver BC instead of Seattle. I understand that some
of the ships> now depart from Seattle so they must have achieved an exemption
since> Seattle was missing out on a lot of tourist revenue.> > I'm not aware
of many charter boat exemptions. The Grand Banks Northwest> question relates
to bare-boat charters I believe which must not be subject> to the Jones Act.>
> Certainly most people buying a new $1M+ 55 ft boat aren't thinking charter.>
It's the people that buy the boat from them that start to fall into that>
group. But buying expensive boats isn't an inherently rational process>
anyway, so it's unreasonable to expect most buyers to give resale value much>
consideration. > > > Bob Deering> Juneau, Alaska >
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