Sea Word
Senior Member
We recently bought a boat that’s USCG documented. From what I can tell this means we don’t need to pay for tags and state registration. It also means we don’t need to display any hull numbers or anything except vessel name and port.
What else does it mean? I’m trying to sort out the registration owner change forms and make sense of it all. It seems as though it’s up to the owner to also state register a vessel as well. This seems redundant. My friend thinks it’s cool that police will not be able to board for any reason but is there another advantage to documentation vs state registration?
What else does it mean? I’m trying to sort out the registration owner change forms and make sense of it all. It seems as though it’s up to the owner to also state register a vessel as well. This seems redundant. My friend thinks it’s cool that police will not be able to board for any reason but is there another advantage to documentation vs state registration?
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