Arrival USA "41:29.26N 71:19.51W"
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Sat 4 Jun 2011 23:57
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Well, we've arrived safely. Or almost. Seems that
we should have guessed that we needed to tell the US Customs that we were coming
in advance. So we've had a telling off by phone, and are currently moored to a
fuel pontoon at Newport Marina awaiting the arrival of Customs & Immigration
who are making a special trip to see us (despite this being a designated Port of
Entry to the US. We were ordered to go to the fuel pontoon by Customs - the
marina then tried to charge us $50 for the privilege (moaning loudly about
Customs) so we have bought fuel and they've waived the charge! We're not allowed
off the fuel dock on pain of death or worse, not even to go to the
toilet. Not staying in the marina because despite being low season
until next week it's $3.50 per foot per night (about £120), so it's anchoring
for us, free.
Newport and its environs are beautiful. Pictures
following tomorrow.
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