Lee, Which part of Turkey are you? Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 N 43.13.406 W 73.37.431 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "LA Licata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LIVE_ABOARD" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:45 PM Subject: [Liveaboard] A Bravo-Zulu to the NVDC!!!!!!!
> Dear List, > > If someone would have told me the following, I would have had him or > her drug tested... > But, it is all 100% true. > > I am building a steel trawler outside the US in Turkey. > The Builder does not ever plan to import boats into USA. > Therefore, he does not have a way to assign a hull identification # > (HIN) to my trawler. > But, to get a doc ID #, one needs a HIN. > So, Monday, (two days ago) I called NVDC and spoke with Mary Jane. > She had never ran across this problem so she asked around. > Her supervisor said that they have a form for them to assign a HIN > when the builder cannot. > It is NOT a PDF form, nor available on their web site. > And, the cost for all this: ZERO $s. > So, she offered to fax it to me. (I am in Turkey!!) > I got the fax about 15 minutes after getting off the phone with her. > I filled it out Tuesday, scanned it into my computer, and found an > email address that the NVDC uses to accept emails with PDF documents. > I sent in the scanned document yesterday. > I asked if at all possible if they could email to me the HIN # once > assigned. > Today, at about 1000 EDT, I received an email containing the HIN, and > the associated CFR that states how it should be applied. > My breath was taken away....... > If I ever get a chance to get out their way, i want to buy those > people a drink or two. > Lee > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1517 - Release Date: 24/06/2008 8:41 PM _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
