"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:25:10 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 25 Oct 2006 22:27:48 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
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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.

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.

I can't say that's true either. What if you buy the boat out of
state?

As I understand it, only vessels with engines have to be registered in
this state. If it doesn't have a engine, it doesn't have to be
registered and all the reporting to the town goes through the DMV.

In fact, I don't believe it's like a car either. When I bought my
Ranger, for example, I had to go to the Registry to have it registered
as there was no previous record of it being in this state. Same with
the Halman - it's not registered in this state either. And now that I
think about that (I know - I'm old, thinking can be a slow process) I
know of several boats in my old marina that weren't registered because
there weren't any engines on the boat.
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In California, there is a length limit on the no motor, not registration
thing. Otherwise, you would not have to register your America's cup boat,
and the state would not like losing taxes.