Where will you keep the boat? The only marina in DC waters is just south of National Airport. The MD tax (I think it is now 6%) is worth every penny in exchange for being able to sail on The Chesapeake Bay as opposed to only sailing on the Potomac in DC. Also, if I am not mistaken, DC requires a license to operate any boat; MD only requires if you were born after July 1, 1972. Of course you can sail into MD and cruise the Bay with your boat from DC but the Potomac is a long river (I sailed it once from Alexandria to Baltimore). I am sure slip rents are less in DC than they are generally on the Bay. Obviously there are trade offs for either choice.
Joe McCary Aeolus II, West River, MD www.aeoluswestriver.net joe at photoresponse dot com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IC27A] Coast Guard Documentation That sounds good. I looked it up, and DC will require yearly registration, but that's only about 25 dollars per year. The big difference though is that instead of paying the 6 percent excise tax DC would require for initial registration (not sales tax), I'd pay the one-time flat fee, which is significantly less. Plus the added benefit of the coast guard's help in tracking my girl down if she's stolen! Thanks for y'all's advice. Bailey Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "The Emmerichs" <[email protected] <mailto:johnemmerich%40bellsouth.net> > Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:26:45 To: <[email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [IC27A] Coast Guard Documentation At least 2 of the 4 C27's here in Louisville are documented one of which is mine. The 27 barely makes the minimum which I think is 5 Tons. It computed to about 5.5 and the Cost Guard rounded down to 5 Tons. The computation is length times beam times depth from the deck to the tip of the keel. All the forms are available on the Coast Guard website. For three or four years it was wonderful, no taxes at all. Kentucky finally caught up with all the documented boats, power and sail so now we pay personal property tax. Mine is $50 or $60 per year. John Emmerich C27TR Louisville, KY From: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Phil Agur Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:23 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: RE: [IC27A] Coast Guard Documentation Wing tip is documented and as far as I know it is not done to beat sales tax. We certainly paid it in California. You document a vessel for insurance; the Coast Guard is obliged to recover a stolen documented vessel. A vessel with a state tag is the states problem. There was/is a scam to take foreign delivery and keep the boat out of the country for several months to avoid paying sales tax but don't get caught. I think it is now treated as tax evasion or conspiracy to commit tax evasion if you agree to buy after seeing it in the US and magically don't complete the deal until after it is out of the country. Wing Tip makes the tonnage but she is significantly bigger than a C27, so I'll leave that one to a C27 skipper to answer. It's not a floating displacement but a total hull volume displacement. You might also look at the Fisheries database for documented vessels and see if you can find a C27 built before '93 in there. Phil Agur <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of baileyedwards123 Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:17 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [IC27A] Coast Guard Documentation Hey gang, I'm a new Catalina 27 owner (well, at least the 1985 boat I bought is new to me...) and was considering documenting the vessel with the Coast Guard. It seems that the one-time $133 USCG Documenting Fee would be much less than the 6% registration tax in DC plus the yearly renewal fees. Anyway, have any of y'all done this for your 27's? Do the Catalina 27s meet the tonnage requirements? Are there any pitfalls I should know about? Thanks, and any advice would be appreciated! Bailey [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4289 (20090729) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4289 (20090729) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
