I should add that trick to speed up the documentation process only works for boats built in the USA. (An advantage for C&C’s built at the Rhode Island plant.)
> On Jan 14, 2016, at 9:47 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: > > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:46:30 -0500 > From: Dreuge <dre...@gmail.com <mailto:dre...@gmail.com>> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Vessel Documentation > Message-ID: <38c5b170-d47f-44ed-976a-642959638...@gmail.com > <mailto:38c5b170-d47f-44ed-976a-642959638...@gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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. > >
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