{"id":1103,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:12:07","slug":"canadian-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/canadian-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"left\">Got your books, got your videos, got one question. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"left\">I am looking at importing a boat into Canada, BC to be exact. What I am wondering about is, I NEVER see articles or otherwise written on registration issues. If I bring a boat into Canada for example that is not built in the USA or Canada. I am subject to 9.5% duty (if it&#8217;s a French built boat), and 7% Provincial sales tax. and 7% G.S.T. This is based on the appraised value of the boat. I see boats registered in The Grand Cayman&#8217;s, Bermuda, and other offshore places and I am sure that the owners are Canadians. If I buy a boat in the USA and leave it there I don&#8217;t pay Canadian Taxes but I cannot sail it in Canadian waters. Is their such a thing as an offshore registered boat that I can sail in Canadian waters as a Canadian without having to pay all the duty etc. Thanks, any information would be appreciated. An Avid fan, Gord <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p> Hi Gordon: I can&#8217;t help with data on Canadian registration as I have no experience there. However, in Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia we have quite a bit of data on offshore registrations. We&#8217;ve had some direct experience with the Cayman Islands as have many of our clients over the years&#8211;and it may be that a Cayman (or other) flag will help you out in Canada. I would think a quick call to Canadian Customs, or some checking with the local yacht brokers would yield first hand data. Regards&#8211;Steve Dashew <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got your books, got your videos, got one question. I am looking at importing a boat into Canada, BC to <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/canadian-registration\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-general-cruising-faqs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36328,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions\/36328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}