One time I was way down at the southern end of the Grenadines, off Petit St. 
Vincent, and I saw this beautiful navy blue Hylas 60 whose hailing port was 
Telluride, CO :)  What a strange thing that was.

Cheers,
Randy

> On Jan 26, 2018, at 11:43 AM, Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I friend of mine kept a Hylas for a time on the East Coast.  He was a 
> Colorado resident but took delivery of the vessel in Florida and the vessel’s 
> hailing port was Port Townsend, WA where his company was located.  Within 90 
> days after delivery he needed to move the boat from Ft Lauderdale or risk 
> owing Fl sales tax on the boat.  It also needed to head north for seasonal 
> hurricane insurance reasons.  About every 3-4 months, he would jockey the 
> boat from one location to another to keep from establishing a tax liability 
> or registration fees in various states.  I suspect the tax bill on such a 
> yacht would be substantial but far less of a hassle compared to having the 
> boat seized for non-payment of taxes.  Maybe having the vessel flagged in a 
> state with no sales tax allowed him to dodge that bullet.
> Chuck Gilchrest 
> S/V Half Magic
> 1983 35 LF
> Padanaram,MA
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 26, 2018, at 12:50 PM, Dreuge via CnC-List <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>> We have a Colorado registered Columbia 50 in our marina.  While the sailboat 
>> should have been registered in Florida by now, I was told by the owner that 
>> he did not pay sales tax to register the vessel in Colorado (his home state) 
>> but he would have to pay about $5k in taxes to register it in FL.
>> 
>> With a tax incentive like that I would guess that there are many many 
>> documented vessels with Colorado registrations, but likely not more than a 
>> hand full in the state. 
>> 
>> 
>> -
>> Paul E.
>> 1981 C&C 38 Landfall 
>> S/V Johanna Rose
>> Fort Walton Beach, FL
>> 
>> http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ <http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/>
>> 
>>> On Jan 26, 2018, at 11:44 AM, [email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 26, 2018, at 8:00 AM, coltrek via CnC-List <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'll bet you can count the number of documented vessels in Colorado on one 
>>>> hand !
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bill
>>> 
>> 
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