10-10-2011, 03:39 PM
A private yacht must clear customs in Mobay or Kingston. Best place is the Mobay yacht club or the Royal Yacht Club of KIngston.
You call harbor control on Ch 16 and hoist a "Q" flag (for quarantine). After you tie up the owner or captain is the only one allowed ashore to meet with immigration and customs.
You pay an entry fee and declare anything you have aboard which is followed by a short search of the boat for contraband or weapons. If you do carry a gun aboard it is held by customs until you leave the island.
You are then issued paperwork and a Jamaican courtesy flag which you fly from your back stay or an antenna pole.
After that you are free to cruise the island and make landfall or anchor pretty much anywhere.