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06-28-2020 09:50 AM #11Senior Member
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Beachcomber
Former 3 Hat owner
Home port Paducah, KY
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06-28-2020 09:14 PM #12Senior Member
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06-28-2020 09:45 PM #13Registered Member
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If Freebird never cares to set foot, or boat through Canada ever again, I’m definitely a Freebird kinda guy. We only went ashore briefly when ordered to by a group of men with machine guns and badges at the waiting area to prepare for our lockage ( 3 day wait ) - This incident took place where you call the authorities to check in at the Lake Ontario side of the Whelan canal. Maybe it wasn’t the Border patrol, it could have been the Mafia for all I know....
1980 67’ Pluckebaum Coastal Cruiser “Mountaineer”1981 61’ Custom Sternwheeler “Defendant”1979 Hatteras 53 Yacht Fish “Kacie Rae”
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06-29-2020 02:02 PM #14Registered Member
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If my memory serves me correctly, I believe Freebird showed up as the Captain of a lady’s 64’ Hatteras MY helping to deliver it back to the good old USA. We had been waiting for 3 days when he showed up and taught us how to get through the canal... He paid off some Canadian officials, and off we went.
1980 67’ Pluckebaum Coastal Cruiser “Mountaineer”1981 61’ Custom Sternwheeler “Defendant”1979 Hatteras 53 Yacht Fish “Kacie Rae”
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Dang, son, that was classified information. That lady was a double naught spy who loved me and left me shaken, not stirred.
Actually, I had every intention of taking Sadie’s 60MY through enemy territory, but those barbarians closed the gate. I sure hope I’m not being impersonated north of the border, but then again, that sounded pretty fun. Maybe they gave me some sort of memory zapping drug that made me forget it.Randy Register - Kingston, TN
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aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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06-29-2020 05:23 PM #16
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Dam Bird. I told you not to look at the neuralizer.
All hail J.Scott
41C117 "Hattatude"
Port Canaveral Florida.
Marine Electronics and Electrical Products Distributor.
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Exactly what is it that you’re insinuating with that, “Freebird kind of guy”, comment, eh?
I’m sure Canada doesn’t need a border patrol as nobody would ever want to sneak into that place. Even the Hollywood elite changed their minds about making the transition, despite promises to the contrary.Randy Register - Kingston, TN
www.yachtrelocation.com
www.Safes4Guns.com
aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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Re: Let us introduce ourselves.....
Randy Register - Kingston, TN
www.yachtrelocation.com
www.Safes4Guns.com
aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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06-29-2020 09:30 PM #19Senior Member
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Okay....fairly certain you're not interested in " detail" but in the no doubt vain hope it might help....if you were entering the WELLAND CANAL from Lake Ontario, you were in the US. You were right...those were CBP officers. Your officers. Demanding passports? They were your US passports they wanted to see. If you entered Canada, you would do so at the Lake Erie end of the Canal at the marina there. You would NOT have been greeted by Customs & Immigration armed with....anything. We don't do that in this country
So enjoy your sojourns ( look it up) and keep south of the 49th!!.
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06-29-2020 09:37 PM #20Senior Member
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Well, Randy...you had the opportunity to "inform" our latest member and chose not to do so. Speaks volumes. You don't have to " like" Canada nor long to become a resident. As they say; no skin off my nose.
I have been a frequent visitor to the US for many, many years. Like so many others, I see both the beauty as well as the warts and blemishes.....but as a visitor, I'll let others discover the negatives for themselves
and I will only extoll the positives.
Don't you agree that all visitors should attempt to comport themselves in that way out of respect for their hosts?
Safe travels.