Coast Guard Red Tape Woes

Oct 24, 2010
2,405
Hunter 30 Everett, WA
We paid cash for our boat and went through a marine escrow company. The State refused our title because the PO had a loan that hadn't been cleared to their satisfaction. The escrow company went out of business (but kept our money) in the middle of this. It took a year just to get our title and we removed our CG documentation which wasn't easy. (We only boat in the US and Canada anyway.) We never did see the escrow money.

Ken
 
Jan 19, 2010
12,613
Hobie 16 & Rhodes 22 Skeeter Charleston
We paid cash for our boat and went through a marine escrow company. The State refused our title because the PO had a loan that hadn't been cleared to their satisfaction. The escrow company went out of business (but kept our money) in the middle of this. It took a year just to get our title and we removed our CG documentation which wasn't easy. (We only boat in the US and Canada anyway.) We never did see the escrow money.

Ken
Wow! That really sucks. :confused: