On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:26:56 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:23 -0400, bruce@not. wrote:

Thanks to all of you for your help on this! I called the GA DNR
and told them I have a notorised BOS, so the girl on the phone
began helping me continue with the registration process. Then we
got to the part where she asked me if it was an open boat, or a
cabin, or home made, etc... I told here that I had put a roof
over it and some windows so she put me on hold for a minute, then
came back and said since I did that I would have to apply for a
new hull ID. Can anyone tell me anything about that, and why even
though it's the same hull with the same ID stamped on it I would
have to apply for a new one?

You're giving them too much information.

I have been cussing myself for that ever since I said
something.

Sounds like they are now going to treat it like a home made boat.

Is there reason they might deny it? It's not overly
heavy...the boat rides high in the water. The max capacity is
1030 and I doubt there are over 500 pounds of material. Also I
removed a couple hundred pounds of seats, padding of various
types and old carpet, so it's in no danger of sinking due to
weight. It also doesn't feel top heavy. Will a person actually
come out to inspect it? If so, what can I do to make it go more
smoothly? What would they be opposed to? It's on a Corp of
Engineers lake, so should I make sure to have a portable toilet
on board or will they even care about any stuff like that?

bruce@not. wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:26:56 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:23 -0400, bruce@not. wrote:

Thanks to all of you for your help on this! I called the GA DNR
and told them I have a notorised BOS, so the girl on the phone
began helping me continue with the registration process. Then we
got to the part where she asked me if it was an open boat, or a
cabin, or home made, etc... I told here that I had put a roof
over it and some windows so she put me on hold for a minute, then
came back and said since I did that I would have to apply for a
new hull ID. Can anyone tell me anything about that, and why even
though it's the same hull with the same ID stamped on it I would
have to apply for a new one?

You're giving them too much information.

I have been cussing myself for that ever since I said
something.


Any chance you can go into the DNR, tell them you want to register the boat
in GA., show them the paper work and move on or is the file flagged with the
notes that a top has been added?

JT

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bruce@not. wrote in message
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:26:56 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:23 -0400, bruce@not. wrote:

Thanks to all of you for your help on this! I called the GA DNR
and told them I have a notorised BOS, so the girl on the phone
began helping me continue with the registration process. Then we
got to the part where she asked me if it was an open boat, or a
cabin, or home made, etc... I told here that I had put a roof
over it and some windows so she put me on hold for a minute, then
came back and said since I did that I would have to apply for a
new hull ID. Can anyone tell me anything about that, and why even
though it's the same hull with the same ID stamped on it I would
have to apply for a new one?

You're giving them too much information.

I have been cussing myself for that ever since I said
something.


Any chance you can go into the DNR, tell them you want to register the boat
in GA., show them the paper work and move on or is the file flagged with the
notes that a top has been added?

JT

Really, go in and tell them you want to register a boat, if they ask
about "the other" one, tell them it was a hassle so you trashed it and
now you want to register "this" one. That is unless you already gave
them numbers off the hull or something .....

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:14:27 -0400, bruce@not. wrote:

Sounds like they are now going to treat it like a home made boat.

Is there reason they might deny it? It's not overly
heavy...the boat rides high in the water. The max capacity is
1030 and I doubt there are over 500 pounds of material. Also I
removed a couple hundred pounds of seats, padding of various
types and old carpet, so it's in no danger of sinking due to
weight. It also doesn't feel top heavy. Will a person actually
come out to inspect it? If so, what can I do to make it go more
smoothly? What would they be opposed to? It's on a Corp of
Engineers lake, so should I make sure to have a portable toilet
on board or will they even care about any stuff like that?

I've never been through that process so I don't know exactly what they
look for. Probably not much is my guess. With regard to a portable
toilet, your best bet is to have none at all.