Also, the western ports are much more formal than those further out. So long as your paperwork is in order and you are reasonably respectful you'll have no issues. The outer islands, well.., take your entire crew just to find customs. They do take firearms seriously.
John Sent from my iPad > On Jan 19, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> wrote: > > Steve — what is your port of entry? I entered via Bimini a few years back, > and it was a fast and straight-forward process; just make sure you have the Q > flag up, and nobody leaves the boat except the captain until all clearing-in > procedures are completed. They may send someone down to do a cursory > inspection and make sure you don’t have things like firearms aboard. > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > >> On Jan 19, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Steve Thomas <sthom...@sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> I plan to enter Bahamas as crew on a sailboat next week, and I was wondering >> if anyone on the list had any advice or recent experience with the customs >> and cruising permit procedure. >> This will be the first time for the owner and myself and we plan to leave >> from Titusville when weather permits, or if it persists nasty, work our way >> down the ICW and cross whenever there is a weather window. >> We have read the customs clearance procedure on the government web page, >> down loaded the "inward declaration" form, and we have the "Q" and courtesy >> flags. >> Boat is a Hughes/Columbia 35. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Steve Thomas >> C&C27 MKIII >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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