"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 25 Oct 2006 22:27:48 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:


Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:46:56 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Seeing the change in under 10'. Do they report kayak sales to the DMV?
That is one of the few catagories of boat under 10' where there would
be
large numbers of sales.

I was guessing inflatables with an outboard. Most states do not
require registration for unpowered craft.

And that is the case in Washington. If you don't hang a motor on it,
you can have a 60-foot rowboat and pay no registration fees.

Same in CT. Although I've never figured out if you have to pay excise
or property tax on an unregistered 110' sail boat. If it's not
registered, in this state anyway, the town doesn't know you own it.

PWC's are included in the "under 10-foot" category, but I have no
evidence that PWC sales are up. A lot of people say, "Been there, done
that," and the glitz is now off the fad.

Couldn't prove that by me. I get buzzed by those damn things all the
time and most of them look pretty freakin' new to me.
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I was thinking that the DMV gets a copy of all the sales. you just do not
have to register it, if it is under a certain length and no motor.