Exit Plan(s)

[Andrew]

@Ducked

I’d anticipate some problems with the Taiwan Coast Guard before even attempting to go foreign (which I would not attempt without a lot of local trips, if ever).

Yeah. Long time ago now of course, but I was quite surprised when I read about the Lieyu massacre in 1987. Mentioned it to a Taiwanese friend too and she’d never heard of it.

@finley

Well, that’s what I was thinking. But presumably there are legitimate reasons for operating watercraft and as long as you’ve got the right paperwork and the right things to say, they’ll leave you alone? Are there certain procedures you have to follow pre-trip, people to notify, that sort of thing? The owner/operator of the boat takes care of a lot of it, no?

I thought you need to do the immigration formalities with the coastguard or whatever it is at the port. Maybe they provide an instruction manual when you buy your first yacht…

I’ve left countries by boat before (Spain to Morocco, for example). I think we just did the immigration stuff on the boat.

I guess sailors and stuff have to go through this all the time - I thought they had a seaman’s book or whatever it’s called as a kind of passport.