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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and >> every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> >> > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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