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Surely, she would be easy to trade in against your next boat. All brokers I know can afford to make the deal work out of their own pocket, especially at this price point. You also would benefit by only being liable for the tax difference between your boats value and the next boat. Then there's...

Yep, the first oil crisis was when? Big jumps in oil prices by 1974, and it hasn't stopped since.

I worked at a Gulfstar dealer commissioning them starting in 1974, but didn't get up into sales until 78. I thought it was more like $1000.00 a foot BEFORE goodies like Radars, which were insanely expensive back then, but just flat out just don't remember the definitive pricing. If I had to bet...

You could call Lazzara Yachts in Tampa and inquire if anybody in the family remembers "for grins".

One of the main reasons I moved from sailboats to power, was not having to wait for bridges to open.

Exactly. Reporting what's common knowledge of a long time problem well known by the people responsible for enforcement isn't going to make someone honest all of a sudden become a scofflaw, anymore than telling you that the border between Miami and the Bahamas is porous- is going to make you...

I recommend you do as I have, and contact Governor Rick Scott and request he crack down on these scofflaws. It's not right nor fair to us Floridians. The yacht brokers had to lobby him not to eliminate licensing too. It's quite frustrating to witness and report a crime to be told by the...

ROGER THAT!!!! Now if you do have the cash, it's a no brainer that newer equipment is going to last longer than worn equipment. Replacing machines part by part is far more expensive than buying the whole. There's boats out there (literally I'm looking at one! lol) I wouldn't take for free...

As I stated I HAVE a link on my site to an expert under "yacht registry". I've been doing this for 40 years. You?

I agree: It makes NO SENSE!! If only they allowed Enforcement people to go online and see. Insane isn't it? It doesn't get any easier than when they're bragging about it. "thousands of cars sold-not a dealer" say's one guy who sells cars. "selling for a friend" is another one. Write and call...

Nothing would happened! People do it all the time. Toothless toy poodles is what they've become. Thank Governor Scott for this. The ex-head of the division Charles Martin resigned because when he pushed a fellow over this issue, (he had bought a Bayliner 5288 and took it to his house in...

Too bad. lol Prove me wrong. Tomorrow call up the Dept of Revenue Boat Enforcement Division (good luck) and tell them you would like to report a neighbor of yours who just bought a million dollar yacht, and brought it to his Florida home, and he say's he didn't pay any sales tax, nor does he...

The LAW say's that IF you buy a boat from a private individual-that tax is immediately due with no exemption, but what I'm telling you is that there's nobody enforcing this- much to my frustration as a licensed broker! There are people who come down here every "season" buy and sell boats, or act...

Yes, there's one guy up in Tallahassee that never leaves his office- that checks that paperwork with a fine tooth comb, but if you didn't do it at all, there's NO ONE checking to see. If you hadn't of done this and I knew about it and you took the boat to your house in Florida (which according...

You can bring your boat into Florida, register it and pay no sales tax. It won't even be mentioned. I have a link on my site to an excellent Documentation service that can handle it all for you. It's a non-issue. Plus, I would like to repeat, that due to budget cuts there are NO (none, zip...

" this particular vessel seems to have a lot of customization done to it, many parts/components replaced (ie., pumps, tanks, salon furnishings, pilothouse windows, added bow / stern thrusters, a multitude of electronics, etc) and it contains all the elements that I'm looking for in this style...

Imagine having to leave Bermuda for the East Coast of the US, after coming across from England. I think I would had stayed in Bermuda. "Sir, I'll stay here and make sure the anchorage is secure for your return"

Forget it Jake, it's just Chinatown.

Rat Rods and rat bikes are all the rage now. Why not a "rat boat"? It's got that natural "patina" people seek. If the thing runs, I say, just buy and use it. Add to the patina. Where somebody will make the mistake is instead of just buying and going-they'll start doing restoration work, and...

What do you call long distance cruising, and what makes you think you have to go slow to do it is the question? The hottest (as in best selling success stories) boats on the market for the past 8 years have been triple outboard boats in the 35'-45' size range like Intrepids. These boats are...

These are all normal asking prices. It's 2014. Machines depreciate. It's so odd how people understand this when it's applied to automobiles, but for boats, they think it doesn't apply? If you want to see recent comps on cars- go to Mecum.com and look at auction results. Take a look at what...

It's a sad state of affairs when one has to contemplate cruising plans around taxes. Just GO. It's some government employees job to find you- not the other way around. Just for the record -in FLORIDA- the State re-assigned off ALL their enforcement personnel to desk duty auditing paperwork...

If your planning to use it in the Keys, I hope you have dockage arranged (I recommend Florida City and Goodland north of there) already. Dockage IN the Key's is hard to find and very expensive when you do. If it's not in the keys, you had better have plans to make the boat seaworthy (note the...

Louisiana can suck you in like that. You find a nice restaurant or two, a nice bartender, and the next thing you know 20 years has gone by!

You know some yachts go their whole lives without dropping an anchor? Just go out from a dock=and back to a dock. Notice all the shiny anchors on yachts. Like Range Rovers that have never been off the pavement.