I went to Bermuda to get on my boat and deliver it to the USVI, joining my buddy who sailed there from Canada. Apparently, the process requires you to write a letter to the Immigration department on your boat's official letterhead (!) months in advance for government approval. All of the megayacht skippers had these letters on file when they arrived. I didn't know this, so when I was ushered into the office I just looked confused. They were pissed that Air Canada had even let me on the plane, apparently they are supposed to check for this before boarding?

I sat there for 20 minutes with the customs lady chewing me out for being such a wastrel and sternly informing me that I'd have to sit there for the next 23 hours whereupon they would ship me back on the next plane leaving for Canada. Eventually she decided that doing the deportation paperwork was too much of a pain, and just let me in.