Because he is not going on holiday there but to work for a longer period, possibly longer than the normal tourist allowance of three months and thereby possibly qualifying as resident.
No, boats whether trailed or sailed into Croatia must conform to maritime entry requirements and thereby incur all the extra costs and documentation that implies - an annual vignette cost, as one example.
PeteA) I'm not going to Croatia.
B) My friend Chris, who is, is going for work, not as a tourist.
C) I'm a little hazy about how long he's staying, but it could easily be more than three months.
Apart from that, all good
In fact I think Tranona (and others) are probably right, and import issues are a red herring. However, he may well have problems with other paperwork that he hasn't even considered yet. Doubt there is any proof of VAT (bought second hand, no paperwork as far as I'm aware), I know it's not on SSR, and although he did a PB2 through the Cadets while we were at school, the odds of him digging up that certificate now are zero.
Because no paperwork is required in this country, I don't think it occurred to him that it may be elsewhere.
Pete
I agree. I personally would not contravene any Croatian regulation. Perhaps it is a reaction from sailing there since the years when it was called Yugoslavia. It cannot help but leave an indelible impression, even many years later, when a military contingent boards your boat at anchor in a deserted bay of Mljet at midnight, led by an officer with drawn pistol to inspect then eventually order us to leave, despite all our papers being in order and the area not a military one, which at the time he falsely claimed it was. My wife was terrified. Have all the officious thugs then in control been fired? I doubt it.
