T&T: Insurance for International Travel

[LA Licata]

I apologize to the list for creating a misunderstanding.

I never intended to imply that one should NOT register your tender  
with your state.

If the state requires it, then do so.

But, if there is a possibility of travel outside the US and outside  
the North America continent, you may want to consider how you mark  
the tender with the state's registration #.

At check-in, the two cruisers that i had dinner with last year did  
not have a problem using their bill of sale to prove they owed the  
tender. They had a problem trying to explain the numbering scheme on  
the tender, and then when they showed the authorities their state  
registration documents, they had more explaining to do. (Can you  
picture trying to explain this in a language you may not speak well,  
or if the authorities speak English, that they do not speak well!)

So, they ended up taking their numbers and letters off and just  
showing the bill-of-sale as proof of ownership, if asked.

One cruiser had to paint over their registration, and then he said  
the authorities at a port in Italy (I think Bari) really looked hard  
because they thought it was stolen.

The other cruiser I think had his numbers on a board, and he just  
removed the boards.

Lee


On Apr 1, 2008, at 0139, Mike Maurice wrote:
Concerning the issue of tenders. I think that you are better off with
registration for them, than without...