Call Marine Documention Service. They’re in Anacortes and deal with cross border issues on a regular basis. I’ve used them twice.
Marine Documentation Service, Inc.
Talk to a Canadian yacht broker. They do it all of the time. AFAIK, there are two ways:
1. Transfer the US documentation and if the buyer isn't American there are simple ways to set up a trust to own it for the benefit of the buyer. I would only do this if the boat was coming back to the states soon.
2. Register it in Canada. You will probably have to pay a big tax to Trump to get him to let it go .
David
I just brought in a documented vessel from the US to Canada in July. It is a piece of cake and no need to pay anyone a bunch of money to do it. You must supply the purchaser with a Bill of Sale, a Satisfaction of Mortgage (if you had a loan on it) and a Deletion from Documentation form from the USCG. With these papers the purchaser will have no issue with Registering or Licensing the vessel in Canada. He will have to pay the new 10% Tariff, HST and the difference in the dollar.
That's an entirely different situation than what the OP suggested. Yes, what you did is simple and trouble free..... just pay the man
I think this is exactly what the Op wants to do Wallace, ie sell to a Canadian.
To help clarify. I’m an American who has decided to sell my US documented boat that is currently being wintered in BC to anybody: Canadian, American or whomever.
You were quite clear in your original post and the answer has not changed. You cannot legally sell a foreign vessel in Canada. No different in the US. This is why you see so many for sale ad's that say "Not for Sale in the US" when the foreign vessel is in the US.
The link you were provided with has nothing to do with the sale of a US vessel while in Canada.
It seems easy after getting the paperwork completed if sold to a Canadian let them take possession in the US waters.... The buyers of my previous boat were Canadians and they took possession of the boat in US waters....