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Cruising PagesThis is the main page for Cruising News. Here you will find the list of all planned cruises for the year or reports of past cruises. See the Web Links page for a guide to marinas.Opening Day - 2008Have you started cleaning up your boat for the season yet? This year we are having The Commodore's Dinner on May 3rd and the Opening Day Sailpast on May 4th Crusin' 2008Here is the planned list of club cruises for 2008. Last year we planed trips on the 4 major long weekend of the summer and it worked out well. This year we plan on staying with this format. Here are the current plans. If you have any comments, give them to Greg. The reservations for 15 boats have been made and details of each cruise to follow.
We have reserved a number of slips for these event so please book early as this will fill up for sure. Please contact the marina directly and make your own reservations, except for Otter Bay where you pay at the Clubhouse. When making your reservation please make sure you tell them you are with Crescent Beach Yacht Club. Once you have reserved make sure you are added to the sign up sheets posted at the clubhouse. US Reporting Requirements for 2006Boaters planning on motoring to the U.S. this year are facing new rules in order to tie up stateside. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has revised its clearance procedures and will now require small boat owners not enrolled in alternate inspection programs such as I-68 or NEXUS/SENTRI to report in person to one of five designated ports of entry:
Boaters enrolled in the I-68 or NEXUS programs will still be allowed to report their arrival by phone to 1-800-562-5943 All Vessel masters must phone in their arrival and have the
following information available:
WarningWhen in US waters there are severe penalties if you get too close to a US Warship or cause wake near it. Read all about it here. Not only warships are included. The US Coast Guard has proclaimed a new exclusion zone in effect for Puget Sound that includes any crude oil or product carrying tanker as well as warships. All boats are prohibited from being within 100 yards of any tanker at all times and create no wake within 500 yards.Visiting Alaska in a 65'+ Yacht?Mandatory State pilotage is required for pleasure craft 65 feet or larger and foreign registry. A “pleasure craft” is a vessel that does not carry passengers or freight for hire. Exemptions may be requested by foreign registered pleasure craft of more than 65 feet length overall, but less than 175 feet length overall. Exemptions are granted by the approval of the Alaska Board of Marine Pilots. Penalties: A master or owner of a vessel who fails to employ a licensed AK Marine Pilot is punishable by a fine of up to $15,000 for the first offense, and up to $30,000 for the second offense. Application: To apply for a pilotage exemption, the applicant must complete a form and submit with required documentation and applicable fee. To be awarded an exemption, the operator of a pleasure craft of foreign registry must employ an Alaska-registered Vessel Agent and the Agent be identified on the exemption application. The application fee is $250.00 plus $50.00 for each whole foot in length of the vessel that exceeds 65 feet length overall. Applications for exemption must be submitted at least 30 days before the vessel enters State waters. Conditions of Operation: Pilotage exemptions will be valid for one year from the date on which the exemption is issued. Vessels are not exempt from State pilotage requirements until they have obtained written confirmation of the exemption. A pilotage exemption will not exempt a vessel from the requirement to employ a State-licensed pilot while the vessel is in Wrangell Narrows or in the waters between Chatam Strait and Sitka via Peril Strait. ...Or Washington StateAt least Washington State exempts Canadian flagged vessels as reported by Setsail.com "The state of Washington seems to have a lot of rules. We've heard you are breaking the law if you wash your boat with soap. We assume this applies to taking a shower or washing your hands. They also have major garbage separation rules. We've got a lot of good friends in the marine business in this area, but as of now, we will not be coming back, for there is one Washington State law which we cannot abide. The Washington State Pilot Board has a regulation requiring all foreign flagged vessels carry a pilot (as in ship pilot) or get an exemption. The exemption requires a fee of $300 for three months, or $500 for a year and is applied to all foreign cruising yachts except for Canadians. We've made inquiries and it seems to us that the Ship Pilot board is using their political power to extort funds from foreign cruisers." |
