I’m interpreting the double vaccination as the Maldera type that takes two shots as a series for one vax. Is this true?
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Assistance with Entry to Canada Information
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Double vaccination counts as two individual shots, six months apart. Booster shots are additional shots at 1/2 the size and time in between varies.
I now have four vaccinations (two full size and two boosters) and should receive a free toaster when I get my fifth shot
. These will most likely be like annual influenza shots by next year.
I now have four vaccinations (two full size and two boosters) and should receive a free toaster when I get my fifth shot
. These will most likely be like annual influenza shots by next year.
jssailem
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I’m hoping by month to get my Honey home projects resolved. Then try and finish the critical boat projects, like encouraging the engine to go Vroom, complete the DC rewiring, reinstall the propane tanks. Perhaps I’ll be able to go for a sail. I’ll look for you on the water.
jssailem
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Wow. A toaster. Wouldn’t they do better to give a bottle of wine or a 5 pack of Canada beer?
jssailem
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It starts as a 6pack but the Border Customs officials have a toll.
And you're going start all this NOW ? ? ? ? ?
What do you do all winter ? We both know how lovely the winters are here so there's nothing else to do then except the Honeydew projects and boat maintenance.
It looks like I should have said full vaccinated not double vaccinated. The Travel Canada website shows:
“To qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller to Canada, you must:
- have received at least 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine accepted for travel, a mix of 2 accepted vaccines
- or at least 1 dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine”
Funny, except for when I first entered Canada in Sept 2016 in Victoria, all my returns to Canada have been by telephone, even at Bedwell.
Must be an Amurikan thing.
You can get a passport at the Seattle Passport Agency, if they have appointments, in time for your travel on the 15th. Worth a shot anyway.
Apply at the Seattle Passport Agency
If you have urgent travel, make an appointment to apply at the Seattle Passport Agency.
Crossing fingers for you, I just renewed my license and got the enhanced, it arrived in my mailbox in just over a week.
Utah. Many years ago, buying beer for a ski trip condo at the state store... the clerk pulled one bottle out of the carton to scan the barcode, then counted and charged me for the five that we left...I've seen four packs and eight packs and six packs. Where can I find a five pack?
Hate to disagree with @jssailem on this as he is spitting distance from the border and has done the trip a few times, but a USCG documented vessel will not make entering Canada or returning to the US any easier. It certainly is not a passport for your boat. Documenting costs some money ($133), and must be renewed every five (?) years through a US government web page, which is somewhat of a pain. Documentation is useful for transferring ownership and is therefore a requirement for some financing as it makes overseas repossession and sales easier for the bank. Lots of advice on this site about costs and benefits of documenting your vessel. BTW, if you thought passports were slow, you have not met the USCG Documentation Center. Their web site says they are working on April 2022 applications for new recreational apps, but I have heard it takes a year to get a transfer.
If you want to (legally) use your VHF radio in Canadian waters, you must have a license. That said, they accept US licenses, which for recreational boats means a station license (SA) and a personal radio operators (RR) license. These are just forms you fill on the FCC site, and they send you an electronic document that you print out: Ship Radio Stations I've personally never heard of anyone being troubled by the Canadian authorities for using their VHF radio to call the marina while on vacation in their recreational boat, but that's their law.
Since your boat is 30 foot or over for re-entry to the US, you must pay a US government user fee ($30 annual now). You may join the long line on this site in order to complain about having to pay a user fee to get your boat inspected, that they do not inspect the boat at all, that the fees keep going up, etc., but in the end you will pay the user fee like everyone else. They give you a sticker, which absolutely no one sticks anywhere but the number is used for the ROAM application. I don't know if it's cheaper if only used once, but check with CBP. You may pay at the time you try to get back in, but there is some delay and most people on the boarder just pay the annual fee if they go over more than once.
Read up on the US arrival stuff here: Pleasure Boat Reporting Requirements
Decal transponder purchase for vessels over 30 foot ($30) DTOPS: CBP DTOPS
USCG National Documentation Center: National Vessel Documentation Center
USCG Documentation fees: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO Documents/NVDC/FEE SCHEDULE 12-21.pdf
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So that was YOU that cut me off yesterday ? The least you could have done was waved.
Enjoy, and if you see a bright yellow thing in the sky, rumour has it that it's the sun but I'm not so sure. One thing you can put your mind at ease while here is no painful sunburn.
Make sure you hit all the regulars such as Montague Harbour, Van Isle Marina, Sydney, Telegraph Cove, Maple Bay (be careful, @Stu Jackson 's in there). IMHO I wouldn't go north as far as Nanaimo. Too many boats, city feeling, and not a pleasant place.
Lumpy with the little wind there is is at my back. My boat doesn’t smoke much but dang…
