If you buy new, the builder should prepare all the paperwork. I'm not even sure what it
is, since all I saw was the normal builder's certificate used for documentation, but I
think some other paper got filed by an import agent. When we called Immigration in Oswego
they told us nothing had to be done for the boat - we had been warned they would assume
this was a small boat, so we then called Customs. The met us in Phoenix (about 3 hours
down the canal), looked over the boat, and charged us $25 for a sticker.

This was all pre-9/11. I've heard you can no longer do Immigration with the "picture
phone." If its is used boat you should call customs to see just what they require.
Because of NAFTA, there should be no duties.

-jeff

"Steve Daniels, Seek of Spam" wrote in message
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Does anyone know what issues surround buying a boat in Canada and
bringing it into the United States?