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Contents 1 Customs & Immigration 2 Major Ports & Bays 3 Anchorages & Moorings 4 Charts 5 Weather & Climate 6 Passages & Navigation 7 Tides & Currents 8 Radio & Communications 9 Safety & Security 10 Maritime Claims 11 Associations & Clubs 12 Shoreside 12.1 Things To Do 12.2 Public Holidays & Events 12.3 Money 12.4 Consulates 12.5 Health 12.6 Transportation 13 Publications 14 (B)logs 15 History 16 Picture Gallery 17 Alphabetical List of States 18 See Also

USA is located in North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico. It has 41,009 km of navicable waterways 19,312 km of which are used for commerce . Also the Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km is shared with Canada.

[edit] Customs & Immigration

November 6, 2006 - Boaters may get to avoid customs after overseas trips

Some recreational U.S. boaters returning from foreign ports may not have to go through an in-person re-entry interview under a new program launched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Local Boater Option program, launched Friday, gives boaters in Tampa, Miami, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands the choice to register in advance with the agency, eliminating in most cases a requirement to meet with officials after every foreign visit. To enroll in the Local Boater Option, set up an appointment by calling 1-800-432-1216 or 1-800-451-0393.

[edit] Major Ports & Bays

• Boston Harbor & Hingham Bay
• Cape Canaveral, FL
• Chesapeake Bay
• Corpus Christi
• Delaware Bay
• Duluth
• Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Hampton Roads
• Houston
• Key Largo
• Key West
• Long Beach, CA
• Los Angeles, CA
• New Orleans, LA
• New York, NY
• Oakland, CA
• Philadelphia, PA
• San Francisco, CA
• St Augustine
• Tampa, FL
• Texas City

[edit] Anchorages & Moorings

[edit] Charts

[edit] Weather & Climate

Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semi-arid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest
*Low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorate occasionally in January and February by warm chinook wind from the Eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains

US East Coast: Mild winter temperatures can be found south of Cape Hatteras, NC, and freezing weather rarely occurs south of Daytona Beach, FL

[edit] Passages & Navigation

[edit] Tides & Currents

[edit] Radio & Communications

Some quick entries:

VHF Marine Radio - regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. No license required for shipboard use. You may not use a Marine VHF radio on shore, or a hand held Marine VHF radio standing on shore to talk to your boat!

Links:

Federal Communications Commission Maritime Radio Click Here

Maritime Mobile Service Net - HF Support for Maritime Mobile Ham Operators Click Here

[edit] Safety & Security

[edit] Maritime Claims

territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: not specified

[edit] Associations & Clubs

[edit] Shoreside

[edit] Things To Do

[edit] Public Holidays & Events

Independence Day, 4 July (1776)

[edit] Money

• British pounds per US dollar - 0.5500 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001);
• Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.2118 (2005), 1.3010 (2004), 1.4011 (2003), 1.5693 (2002), 1.5488 (2001);
• Japanese yen per US dollar - 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004), 115.93 (2003), 125.39 (2002), 121.53 (2001);
• euros per US dollar - 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.8866 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001);
• Chinese yuan per US dollar - 8.1943 (2005), 8.2768 (2004), 8.2770 (2003), 8.2770 (2002), 8.2271 (2001)

[edit] Consulates

[edit] Health

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Publications

[edit] (B)logs

[edit] History

Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.

[edit] Picture Gallery

[edit] Alphabetical List of States

[edit] See Also

• Lake Champlain

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