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[boatman61]

Originally Posted by merrimac

I arrived in the Isles of Scilly last year, first port of call Hughtown as I expected that maybe there would be some customs involved as we were arriving from the Azores, and after Portuguese officialdom for 2 months (reporting at arrival and departure in -every- harbour!) I wasn't taking any chances.

How wrong I was -- they weren't interested at all. Azores is EU, so they need to see any papers or anything.

This is with a EU (Dutch) flagged boat and owner, so it might be a little different if you're from across the pond.

Strange.. Horta I understand as it an entrance port and one has to use the marina.. however. once cleared in... if I then decide to head for Terciera and anchor off Praia Victoria I don't have to show anything.. only if I enter the marina.

[merrimac]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Strange.. Horta I understand as it an entrance port and one has to use the marina.. however. once cleared in... if I then decide to head for Terciera and anchor off Praia Victoria I don't have to show anything.. only if I enter the marina.

I was just saying it is a completely different procedure in Portuguese (and Spanish) marinas compared to France/UK/NL/DE/Scandinavia/Greece/Turkey/US where once cleared in you only need to pay, not show all ship's papers every bloody time.