I just entered Canada with a phone call from Grand Manan. Coming back we entered the U.S. In Eastport, ME and met the most delightful CBP officer there. No hassles at all but a wonderful 45 minute conversation in his office about all manner of things. It was of many highlights of our recent cruise.
Andy C&C 40 Peregrine Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 > On Sep 4, 2015, at 09:21, Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Just when we thought the US Border Patrol was making things miserable – > > http://www.npr.org/2015/09/01/436525751/canada-enforces-pleasure-boat-reporting-requirements > > > > Actually, coming back from Canada this year the USBP were very co-operative, > I called them, they took all info on the phone as we were coming across, I > notified 8 or 9 other boats to do the same and > USBP met us at the club and just walked over and gave me a number, and that > was it, the smoothest it has been since it started. > Canada was even easier, we had sent our boat and crew info with help from the > organizers of the race to the Canadian Border Patrol, and we just called > CANPASS with our Documentation # and they said welcome to Canada. Looks like > now It will be more complicated just crossing the imaginary line than > actually docking over there. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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