Oh Canada!

/ shellerina
11:30 am ET
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Once docked at Confederation Basin Marina in Kingston ON, we simply called: 888-CANPASS. (888-226-7277) and gave them all our vessel and passport information.

We declared some of Shelly’s potted cooking herbs (basil, rosemary, scallions) that will not be leaving the boat. We also declared alcohol only for “SHIP’S STORE” that won’t be leaving the boat.”

“If you use the correct vocabulary, it’ll save you from having to itemize all the types and quantities.”

We got our “report number” over the telephone! Evidently, a physical visit to the boat is also common to get one’s “number.” But not for us, not for today.

I *think* our Blog gave them more than enough details about us, so they felt comfortable doing ours all by telephone.

Apparently, here in Canada, Verizon Wireless has us covered for all our devices. (We’ll soon see?!).

NEBO’s website says our NEBO tracker will continue working here in CANADA without changing anything.

When asked about “duration” of our stay in Canada, we estimate 40 days should cove our longest possible itinerary… which will include St Lawrence River to the canal south to Lake Champlain.

Pretty easy!

Now that we are officially checked in, Shelly hangs up the Canadian “courtesy flag” from the radar mast. We also own a courtesy flag for the Bahamas, but we have not been there to fly it yet.
Even when in a foreign port, Old Glory still sits in the place of honor on any power boat: off the stern rail or transom. This one will be retired in a couple days on July 4, as we typically replace our ensign every Fourth of July with a new one! You can see this one has faded and the “fly edge” is wearing.
These stickers should help us get back into the USA. Aircraft and vessels leaving the US need to have this registration to get back in. Reportedly, you can buy them upon re-entering. But it is best to have all the paperwork completed ahead of time.

Addendum:

https://shellerina.com/2024/07/04/new-flags-2/

Happy Fourth of July 2024!

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