My boat was documented by its previous owners but there's no value for me to keep doing so. I daysail in Florida and pay the annual <$5 antique vessel state registration fee. I only carry liability insurance. If Ox sinks, I'll cry for a day and get another boat to sail and work on.
--Bob Moriarty Ox 1976 33-1 Jax, FL On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Patrick Davin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I'm surprised so many people on here are USCG documented. I thought USCG > documentation (as opposed to merely state registration) is mostly only > beneficial to those traveling internationally. (and not everyone commenting > travels internationally). > > So if you don't travel outside of the US and Canada, what motivated you to > go USCG documented? There's a small fee savings sometimes (USCG fee is > one-time while state is annual), but not much - USCG documentation doesn't > exempt you from state excise taxes (if any). And Washington state requires > state registration even if you're USCG documented, except for exempt > vessels (mainly commercial vessels). So no fee savings for Washington. > > -Patrick > C&C LF38 > Seattle, WA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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