The Latest on Durban Formalities

Created by webmaster. Last modified on 2002-08-22 11:27:38
Contributors: Lilly Vedana &Thomas Mueller, Yacht MIZMAE
Countries: South Africa

Clearance in: See Audrey at the Marina office. She will equip you with the necessary paperwork, a world of good advice and then call the authorities for you.

Clearance out: A Yachties nightmare. Obtain a running sheet from the Marina Office. Rent a car. Check the addresses for immigration and customs, they keep changing. Start at Port Capt. office and obtain more papers to fill in, then find immigration (in Oct 2001 3 km south of Point YC), show your passports and clearances, proceed to customs on Stanger/Victoria Embankment. There you will fill in the same data again as before, just in a more hectic environment at the reception desk. The go back to the Port Capt.office (open in the afternoon from 13.30 hrs to 15.30 hrs, so you better start in the morning or drive faster).

This clearance and your flight plan is then only valid for 36 hrs. If the weather goes belly-up, and it does like to do that here, then you clear in and out again !! Good luck ! The good news is that only Richards Bay and Durban insist on this nuisance, the other harbors have given up on it.

October 2001

Lilly Vedana &Thomas Mueller, Yacht MIZMAE,