Hello,

I am doing some research for some Canadians that will be picking up their boat in April 2024 in La Rochelle and then intend to do the ARC Nov 2024.  The Schengen 90 in 180 days is a challenge.  They are intending to head to Montenegro to not use up their 90 days.  However,  I have heard of some cruisers that get customs to stamp them out of Schengen on their passports and stamp them in on a crew list, but this does not seem to be applied consistently. Does anyone have any first hand experience of this i.e. that French Customs would stamp them out of Schengen on their passports and treat them as "crew in transit"?

Thanks,

Max