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Hi,
I have a inflatable tender on my sailboat that I want to add an outboard. Do I have to register it with the state or coast guard? The sailboat is register under the US Coast Guard.
Thanks,
Charles
Definitely not USCG, there are minimum size requirements for USCG documentation.
From the link supplied above, it seems CA requires registration if you put a motor on it, but not if its under 8ft and you row.
RI is similar. We document the mother ship, with the USCG (and still register it in RI), but only register the dinghy in RI.
The extra credit research you should do is whether CA stills requires you to register your boat there, just not display their reg numbers. USCG documenation is more akin to a title, than registration. You can not have a State Title, if you are USCG documented, but you can still require state registration.
Definitely not USCG, there are minimum size requirements for USCG documentation.
From the link supplied above, it seems CA requires registration if you put a motor on it, but not if its under 8ft and you row.
RI is similar. We document the mother ship, with the USCG (and still register it in RI), but only register the dinghy in RI.
The extra credit research you should do is whether CA stills requires you to register your boat there, just not display their reg numbers. USCG documenation is more akin to a title, than registration. You can not have a State Title, if you are USCG documented, but you can still require state registration.
I hope you realize you can name your dingy "TT (name of vessel)" but you're not allowed to go more than 500yds from the vessel I believe. NO registration for a ships tender of documented vessel.
I hope you realize you can name your dingy "TT (name of vessel)" but you're not allowed to go more than 500yds from the vessel I believe. NO registration for a ships tender of documented vessel.
Atlas Shrugged would be good research at this point......
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