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Clearing C&I bvi
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10/19/2016 01:42 PM
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Cleared into bvi at west end on sunday with boat and crew. Procedure was the same as it's always been. I showed up with the paper work and all the passports and my crew stayed on the boat. I've been told that occasionally they will want to see all of the passengers. But you start with just the captain and all the paper work.
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
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10/19/2016 03:01 PM
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Excellent, sounds good. We'll do the same a week from Friday in Great Harbor. How's your new baby? I am quite jealous.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
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10/19/2016 04:35 PM
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Good news. We clear on next week. Hope this holds
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
[Re: RickG]
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10/20/2016 08:09 AM
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RickG said: How's your new baby? I am quite jealous.
She was spectacular. Capt. Jay had her running like a clock and fully sorted out. The only thing we could find or had fail after 5 days was a fridge latch and a fan switch in the master cabin.
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
[Re: agrimsrud]
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10/20/2016 12:24 PM
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RickG
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She was spectacular. Capt. Jay had her running like a clock and fully sorted out. The only thing we could find or had fail after 5 days was a fridge latch and a fan switch in the master cabin.
Excellent. I'm rather jealous of the drinks fridge in the cocktail table. Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
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10/20/2016 03:42 PM
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Private boats are required to clear out of the USVI if they have come from another country. In my case I come from the BVI to the USVI. For short stays customs in the USVI will check you in and out at the same time avoiding the need to come back. I have swapped out crew on those short stays. I am told now that if there is any change in crew a vessel must clear out separate from the clearing in process. This would be a hassle when dropping off and picking up passengers. Anyone know the actual rule? The same thing would apply if you have a boat delivered to the USVI which is a option I am thinking about. You would have to clear out after picking up the boat. G
Last edited by GeorgeC1; 10/20/2016 03:42 PM.
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
[Re: CaptainJay]
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10/20/2016 05:15 PM
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If you leave the USVI on a charter boat with crew aboard, you do not clear out. You go to the BVI ( the foreign country) and clear IN.
When you get to the BVI, you are required to clear in. If you leave the BVI for the USVI, you must clear out of the BVI and back in to the USVI, because you have crossed an international boundary.
If you change crew aboard, and didn't have to clear out the first time you left the USVI , why would you need to do anything different the second time ( o r the 3rd or the 4th, or for a charter boat changing crew weekly, any other time ?)
Interesting topic, for sure. Thanks to all for their input.
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
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10/20/2016 07:05 PM
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CaptainJay said: A US flagged boat leaving the USVI going to the BVI does not have to clear out. So just like the mainland a US registered vessel can leave the US without paperwork? If you are flying a flag of one of the other countries around the globe you need to have the paperwork showing you clear out properly on your departure from US Waters to check into the next port properly? Correct?
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
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10/20/2016 07:45 PM
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A US flagged boat departing US waters does not need a zarpe to enter most British Comonwealth ports though one is recommended. However, as it will be a foreign flag when it departs that port it will need a zarpe to enter the next. The French and Spanish bureaucratic culture seem to particularly relish the paperwork.
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
[Re: RickG]
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10/20/2016 09:04 PM
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RickG said: Excellent. I'm rather jealous of the drinks fridge in the cocktail table.
Rick - Yup... the cockpit fridge is pretty sweet. Worked great. Certainly best to stock it the night before. I was kind of relieved that it worked as well as it did - it was a bit of a gamble not knowing how well it would perform in the hot sticky weather.
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
[Re: StormJib]
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10/21/2016 08:51 AM
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StormJib said:CaptainJay said: A US flagged boat leaving the USVI going to the BVI does not have to clear out. Correct. In Ohio we leave to go to Canada on a regular basis with our U.S. flagged vessel and do NOT clear out of the U.S. So just like the mainland a US registered vessel can leave the US without paperwork? If you are flying a flag of one of the other countries around the globe you need to have the paperwork showing you clear out properly on your departure from US Waters to check into the next port properly? Correct?
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
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10/21/2016 09:27 AM
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It depends on the destination country. You must have a zarpe (clearance from last port) to enter Mexico, Columbia and most western Caribbean countries. That includes US boats leaving from the US. In the DR it depends on the mood of the clearing officer but it is a legal requirement. At one time you had to clear out between ports inside the DR. Not sure if that is still true.
Best to check Noonsite for the latest regulations.
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
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10/23/2016 01:11 PM
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When we went to St. Martin from USVI we cleared out in Charlotte Amalie. We brought two copies of the clearance paper work, but only needed one. They did not keep a set of documents or make a copy. We did get our stamp and the customs officer in Marigot wanted to see and kept that document.
Cheers, RickG
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
[Re: Maria_and_Steve]
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10/25/2016 06:49 PM
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We checked in last Friday at gun creek. Beerman came in with me and we both filled out the forms. Total was $34. And it was a holiday so I think we paid extra for that.
Cheaper then I expected. Although we didn't pay any cruising tax or NPT fees since they don't do that there. I also told them we'd be getting a commercial license since the boat is going in to charter here so that may have impacted things as well.
They didn't say anything about two of us being there or not having any other crew with us.
Matt
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Re: Clearing C&I bvi
[Re: Maria_and_Steve]
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11/13/2016 03:00 PM
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Maria_and_Steve said: GeorgeC1 - I don't understand the "clear out at Cruz Bay" part. Private boats don't clear out of the USVI. We just leave and are not required to clear out. Maybe it is different for commercial vessels? From what I understand a US flagged vessel does not have to clear out of the US. Foreign flagged vessels have to clear out since Homeland keeps track of the time in US waters for foreign vessels.
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