Hi, As many have already pointed out that in addition to the benefits in foreign waters, documentation may be preferred by some insurance companies or required by lenders, and if you want to charter then documentation is also needed. Up until recently documentation required a one time fee with free annual renewals. Now documented boats must pay an annual renewal fee of $26. I am sure that there will be some folks who opt out and not renew.
I just renewed my documentation, and to be honest, the main reason is that I like not having the state registration numbers and sticker on the hull. I don’t mind paying the annual documentation fee as I only pay $5/yr for the annual FL antique vessel registration. In fact, I pay more to register my 8’ Walker Bay dinghy ($13/yr) so that I can use it with a small outboard. A final note, when I first documented my boat I was informed that there was a 6 months back log in the processing of recreational documentation. I paid a little extra for the coastwise commercial endorsement (visions of someday chartering??) and received the documentation in a few weeks rather than 6 months. - Paul E. 1981 C&C 38 Landfall S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ > On Jan 13, 2016, at 9:48 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:52:12 -0800 > From: Patrick Davin <jda...@gmail.com <mailto:jda...@gmail.com>> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>" > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Vessel Documentation > Message-ID: > <CAHixY6RxTtBd2QyRjRrGd+KYBLkzV45E0YF5GdguBd1i_=q...@mail.gmail.com > <mailto:CAHixY6RxTtBd2QyRjRrGd+KYBLkzV45E0YF5GdguBd1i_=q...@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I'm surprised so many people on here are USCG documented. I thought USCG > documentation (as opposed to merely state registration) is mostly only > beneficial to those traveling internationally. (and not everyone commenting > travels internationally). > > So if you don't travel outside of the US and Canada, what motivated you to > go USCG documented? There's a small fee savings sometimes (USCG fee is > one-time while state is annual), but not much - USCG documentation doesn't > exempt you from state excise taxes (if any). And Washington state requires > state registration even if you're USCG documented, except for exempt > vessels (mainly commercial vessels). So no fee savings for Washington. > > -Patrick > C&C LF38 > Seattle, WA
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