Sailing to the USA. Do I need a special visa?

[AntarcticPilot]

I actually found the worst were mid western, bible belt states like Oklahoma and Arkansas. They are so insular and ignorant they know little of the world outside their state or city.

I once had difficulty at a car rental place in Albuquerque. I presented my (then) tatty paper license, to be met with "Where's this from?" Naturally, I answered "The United Kingdom", after which we had to play twenty questions to get them to understand that I meant "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" - if I'd said "England" they'd have got it, but I don't identify as English - I'm British or Yorkshire! I think that their weirdest guess was "Is that in South Africa?"