Originally Posted by fletchccc
Ahoy!
Can someone educate me regarding the ins and outs of hiring a crew that will be picking up charges in both the BVI as well as USVI? I have heard from broker that it behooves us to hire Americans as foreign crew wouldn’t be able to pick up charter guests in USVI easily. But I don’t understand why? Is it an issue something along the lines of: they can pick up guests in a touch and go manner but not dock, provision, sleep at dock, then pick up guests then leave? Thanks!!


Any boat that comes in to US will need to clear C&I. Once you are clear the crew can come ashore, dock the boat, etc etc. That's not an issue. But I'm guessing the issue is that the captain has to be USCG certified to run the boat with paying customers. And if it's ore than 6 passengers it would have to be a Masters license. If it were me I would ask your broker for details - the brokers I've encountered down there seem to know there stuff pretty well and I'm sure they can enlighten you.

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