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Thanks for broadening my horizons with some useful comments. Regarding dual citizenship; the law was changed several years ago to allow American citizens to take-up Australian citizenship. Previously, they
were required to relinquish their American citizenship. I don't know if this applies to other countries as well as Australia.
The boat I'm building is a 35' steel pilothouse cutter (Roberts design).
The owner refered to in the Cruising Helmsman article was charged because as an Australian he could not be issued with a cruising permit. Hence he was required to pay customs duty even though there was no intention of staying in Australia or importing his vessel. He offered to pay a bond but was told that it was hard to police and liable to abuse.
Cheers, Jim
Last edited by jimthom : 03-01-2007 at 12:10 AM.
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