BST: A Thousand Pounds of Knowledge in a 1/2 Pound Book

[Mike Maurice]

A Yachtsman's Guide: Smuggling Your Boat Out of Jail
The Foreign & State-to-State Maze of Cruising Regulations: Avoiding the 
Snares & Traps

Storefront URL where you can preview the book:

http://tinyurl.com/2aedo4

A guide to the legal underpinnings of world wide cruising and sailing. 
Written in an informal style, for ordinary sailors, but with numerous 
footnotes and internet references to make it easy to find additional 
information and verify that it is current. This is not a lawyers manual, 
but even a lawyer could learn something. Any one of it's hundreds of 
tips could save you the price of the book, and in some circumstances, a 
whole lot more.

Subjects include: Customs Enforcement, Pilotage, Licenses, State & 
Federal Regulations, Notice of Arrival, Definitions & Terms, Clearance & 
High Seas Law, Documentation, Passports & Visas, Being Boarded, Piracy, 
Salvage, Innocent Passage, Law of the Sea, State Sales/Use & Property 
Taxes, War Ships, Safety at Night, Residency, Near Shore Obstacles, 
Bibliography, Suggested Reading, many tables, some pictures, with an 
Index & a large Table of Contents, etc.

Whether you work as a professional seaman or intend to, cruise for 
pleasure, or practice maritime law; "Smuggling" is the book, you should 
always have near at hand. Published 2008 in a convenient 6x9 inch format 
for easy carrying and as a handy, frequent reference near the helm.

By Captain Mike Maurice. 105 pages, available in 4 different bindings: 
paperback and hardcover. Order on line at the URL above or check your 
local boating bookstore. Perfect binding, ISBN 978-0-6151-8692-4.

Mike

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Capt. Mike Maurice
Beaverton Oregon(Near Portland)