Though it seems like an odd request, I am looking for a title or paperwork on a 22’ sailboat that is totaled, junk, or been to the scrap yard. This is why, I have a 22’ sailboat and all the paperwork for it but in the town that I live a mooring is a very hard thing to come across. An acquaintance of mine has a mooring but has sold his boat and will loose the mooring unless he owns a boat to keep on it. I’m not willing to let him place my boat in his name since I do not know him that well but if he can register a similar boat and give me the mooring sticker my problems are solved and he can retain his mooring until he can afford a boat again. For those of you that have a moral issue with the please spare me the speeches. For those of you that can help I truly appreciate the help. You can email me at stevo7898@yahoo.com Thanks
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Isn't "title" a State document?
I might be wrong, but I think that a boat's "title" - unless it is a documented vessel - is something controlled by the state. You'd need to look specifically for a vessel in your state and get the paperwork for it.
I might be wrong, but I think that a boat's "title" - unless it is a documented vessel - is something controlled by the state. You'd need to look specifically for a vessel in your state and get the paperwork for it.
Spare the speeches?
You ask for help in cheating someone else out of "their place in line" in a public forum, then have the temerity to say "spare me the speeches". OK, none from me, just a comment that I hope the guy that's next in line for a mooring sees the information, and follows the events closely.
You ask for help in cheating someone else out of "their place in line" in a public forum, then have the temerity to say "spare me the speeches". OK, none from me, just a comment that I hope the guy that's next in line for a mooring sees the information, and follows the events closely.
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Steve
My family has lived in this town for three
generations. If I knock out one more powerboat that will end up in the harbor owned by some person who has a million dollar summer home in the town, I am not going to loose much sleep. In fact I'll feel pretty good about it. Also since I wrote this I have found another solution to my mooring situation so for any of those who could have helped thanks. FYI my new solution is perfectly legal! I can buy him a small boat to retain to mooring and put a T Dock that will hold two boats on the mooring.
generations. If I knock out one more powerboat that will end up in the harbor owned by some person who has a million dollar summer home in the town, I am not going to loose much sleep. In fact I'll feel pretty good about it. Also since I wrote this I have found another solution to my mooring situation so for any of those who could have helped thanks. FYI my new solution is perfectly legal! I can buy him a small boat to retain to mooring and put a T Dock that will hold two boats on the mooring.
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Herb Parsons
That's the Problem
One of the problems with the "me first" attitude is that you don't know if you're knocking out a millionaire powerboater. You may be knocking out the guy that's a 4th generation resident, that has to give up his boat if he doesn't find a mooring for it soon. But even THAT'S really not the issue. So what, so you're a 3rd generation resident. Why then aren't you higher on the list than the theoretical millionaire powerboater? I'm glad though, that you found a legal alternative.
One of the problems with the "me first" attitude is that you don't know if you're knocking out a millionaire powerboater. You may be knocking out the guy that's a 4th generation resident, that has to give up his boat if he doesn't find a mooring for it soon. But even THAT'S really not the issue. So what, so you're a 3rd generation resident. Why then aren't you higher on the list than the theoretical millionaire powerboater? I'm glad though, that you found a legal alternative.
Title it yourself
You do not necessarily need the original documentation and title to gain clear title to a boat legally in your possession. I know someone who did this with a 23-footer dragged out of someone's backyard when the widow said she was done with it. He chopped down a tree growing through the outboard well to get it onto the trailer. He basically rebuilt the whole boat and when it was completed and ready for registration & insurance, he was told there was no way to register it as what it was, since it had been sold 'as-is' with no title provided (i.e., as junk). So he declared it a homebuilt boat and himself the first owner of a new boat. The HIN was not needed as it was not considered a production boat (though he kept it on the boat for historical purposes). It's not circumventing a law, since there's no way to follow the law in the case of a resurrected dead boat. Inquire with your DMV as to how to register a backyard-built boat; then do that. And forget about it. The cops will never come by to match up the model logo on your sails with what your title says it is. Jc 2
You do not necessarily need the original documentation and title to gain clear title to a boat legally in your possession. I know someone who did this with a 23-footer dragged out of someone's backyard when the widow said she was done with it. He chopped down a tree growing through the outboard well to get it onto the trailer. He basically rebuilt the whole boat and when it was completed and ready for registration & insurance, he was told there was no way to register it as what it was, since it had been sold 'as-is' with no title provided (i.e., as junk). So he declared it a homebuilt boat and himself the first owner of a new boat. The HIN was not needed as it was not considered a production boat (though he kept it on the boat for historical purposes). It's not circumventing a law, since there's no way to follow the law in the case of a resurrected dead boat. Inquire with your DMV as to how to register a backyard-built boat; then do that. And forget about it. The cops will never come by to match up the model logo on your sails with what your title says it is. Jc 2
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