That would be great place to meet Tom On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 12:24 PM Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Has anyone heard anything regarding this year’s Rendezvous in BC? > > Tom Buscaglia > S/V Alera > 1990 C&C 37+/40 > Vashon WA > P 206.463.9200 > C 305.409.3660 > > > On Jan 15, 2022, at 6:58 PM, Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Same. Have had a voyage to St Pierre and Miquelon on the bucket list > since I was a kid, thanks to Farley Mowat. I reread that book last summer, > and enjoyed it just as much as I did back in the 70s, and probably laughed > even more. > > Dave > > > > On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 at 21:19, Andrew Burton via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> On side note. I grew up sailing on my dad’s C&C 27 in British Columbia. >> On one cruise, I read a book by Canadian author Farley Mowat called The >> Boat Who Wouldn’t Float, about a pair of fellows buying and converting a >> small fishing schooner in Newfoundland. >> Mowat talks a lot about the area and I’ve wanted to cruise there since. >> My club has a cruise in Nfld this summer but my wife thinks we should >> attend our daughter’s wedding instead of joining them. >> I highly recommend the book for any sailor with a sense of humour: “Black >> coffee made with rum as a substitute for water is a drink of considerable >> authority.” >> >> Andy >> >> Andrew Burton >> 26 Beacon Hill >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/26+Beacon+Hill+Newport,+RI+USA++02840?entry=gmail&source=g> >> Newport, RI >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/26+Beacon+Hill+Newport,+RI+USA++02840?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> USA >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/26+Beacon+Hill+Newport,+RI+USA++02840?entry=gmail&source=g> >> 02840 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/26+Beacon+Hill+Newport,+RI+USA++02840?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ >> +401 965-5260 >> >> On Jan 15, 2022, at 21:06, Ken Heaton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> I don't think it is easy to stay in the US for more than 12 month >> either. But you only have to leave and go to another country for 15 days, >> then you can return and start the clock over again. I'm not sure what the >> similar rule is for Canada. >> >> Ken H. >> >> On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 at 21:44, Dave S <syerd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Andy - you might need to make a short trip to st Pierre and Miquelon. >>> >>> Eurozone VAT is similar I believe, non-paid boats need to leave briefly >>> and return to reset the clock (or pay) and paid boats can’t be gone too >>> long or they lose their paid status. >>> I think I see a retirement gig in the med in my future! >>> Dave >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jan 15, 2022, at 7:28 PM, Robert Abbott via CnC-List < >>> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >>> >>> Ken, >>> >>> Thank you all of this...everything one could want on the subject matter. >>> >>> Robert Abbott >>> AZURA >>> C&C 32 - #277 >>> Halifax, N.S. >>> >>> On 2022-01-15 4:59 p.m., Ken Heaton wrote: >>> >>> Further to this, it appears some of Henry's American clients had kept >>> their boats in Canada continuously for up to 18 years without ever actually >>> officially importing them, so never paid import duties: >>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tariff-for-non-canadian-boat-owners-threatens-yard-1.1322571 >>> >>> In the long run, the rules were not changed, and this didn't seem to >>> have any lasting effect on Henry's business. The Cape Breton Boat Yard in >>> Baddeck, Nova Scotia is still in business. >>> >>> Ken H.. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 at 16:53, Ken Heaton <kenhea...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The "short amount of time" Andrew refers to is one full year (12 >>>> months). The ``newish" law Andrew referred to has been on the books for at >>>> least 20 years ( I think since the fall of 1998) but has been spottily >>>> enforced. In theory, US boats are not supposed to overwinter (stay longer >>>> than 12 months) in Canada without being legally imported and paying duty. >>>> But there’s an exception. If a boat needs repairs, it may stay—and the >>>> repairs, maintenance and storage of such yachts has been the core business >>>> of Henry Fuller of the Cape Breton Boat Yard in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. And >>>> though the necessary “repairs” may not have been very extensive, customs >>>> officers have never been very exacting about the matter. >>>> >>>> For many years quite a number of American boats spent years on end in >>>> Canada without being officially imported, using this loophole that allowed >>>> the boats to remain here if "major overhaul" and other large shipyard >>>> related jobs were being done to them. The intention of this rule was to >>>> allow shipyards to bid on large projects without having to worry about >>>> import duties if the job stretched out beyond 12 months. Legitimate large >>>> repairs can be extended beyond 12 months, up to as long as four years (48 >>>> months) if required, and permission for the extension(s) is granted. >>>> >>>> This loophole was being abused as many of these boats were really just >>>> having light seasonal maintenance done. Henry Fuller made a public issue >>>> of it back in the fall of 2013 and so drew the attention of the government >>>> agency tasked with enforcing the law, forcing their hand so enforcement >>>> increased as a result. >>>> >>>> Some coverage of Henry's complaints are here: >>>> https://www.oceannavigator.com/bad-news-from-baddeck/ >>>> >>>> Here is another view: >>>> https://contrarian.ca/2013/09/06/how-the-feds-are-killing-a-77-year-old-cape-breton-business/ >>>> >>>> Here is a link to the actual rules and information for travellers (note >>>> the wording on that page has not needed to been changed since 2014): >>>> https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/fv-be/menu-eng.html >>>> >>>> Information about the length of time permitted for repairs are here: >>>> https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/fv-be/importation-eng.html >>>> >>>> The actual letter of the law here: >>>> https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d2/d2-1-1-eng.html >>>> https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d2/d2-2-3-eng.html >>>> https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d8/d8-1-1-eng.html >>>> >>>> Ken H. >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >>> with the costs involved. 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If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu -- Joel Delamirande *www.jdroofing.ca <http://www.jdroofing.ca>*
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