A Canadian comment...
I had a Catalina 30, which was registered as 29'11" and did not need the sticker. The downfall to this, is when I entered the first port in US waters, I had to call in and tell them my complete itinerary of ports of call. And then call in at each port when I landed. This would be horrendous if heading down the inter coastal!! The sticker allows us to enter US waters and report once, each port after that does not need a report. This may have changed, but it was this way 5-10 years ago.
Cheers
dj
I had a Catalina 30, which was registered as 29'11" and did not need the sticker. The downfall to this, is when I entered the first port in US waters, I had to call in and tell them my complete itinerary of ports of call. And then call in at each port when I landed. This would be horrendous if heading down the inter coastal!! The sticker allows us to enter US waters and report once, each port after that does not need a report. This may have changed, but it was this way 5-10 years ago.
Cheers
dj