Lee,
I am not any part of Turkey. As you can see by my signature line I am in Florida, but like you, because I built my boat myself I do not have a HIN. A local boater also anchored out as I am was recently harassed by the state cops because he did not have a HIN. Eventually, with a lot of effort, he finally got them to go away. I would like to avoid the "lot of effort" part and get a HIN before the cop attack from that particular direction. Others on the Livaboard List might also. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Letsgosailing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 6/25/2008 2:33:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] A Bravo-Zulu to the NVDC!!!!!!! > > 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
