You and the "wolf guy" need to get together, move to Massatwo****s, and kick
some A__!

"Jim Woodward" wrote in message
om...
Insurance -- Fintry's policy very carefully does not cover her if
stolen by land when she's hauled out. 79'x 21'x 27' (total height),
150 tons, and someone's going to steal her on a trailer? If someone
manages to do it, it's my loss.

It ain't just you that they don't deal with intelligently. You should
have told him Rutu was a tree house with a novel shape (design by
Frank Lloyd Wrong).....
....

"Fred Williams" wrote in message . ..
You and the "wolf guy" need to get together, move to Massatwo****s, and kick
some A__!


Fred --

Must be my advancing age, but this went completely by me at warp speed
-- who is the "wolf guy"? I already live in Milton, MA, so whose A__
needs kicking?

Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com

Au contaire, for a PRICE they will insure the dead against further bodily
injury or a Texan against a hail storm :-)

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
newswBib.74551$sp2.67651@lakeread04...
That would not work in Georgia. The HIN is required for USCG
documentation and there are only two ways to get a HIN. Either register
the boat as homebuilt and let the state assign a it or get a
manufacturer's prefix from the USCG. If I register as a manufacturer
with the USCG I will immediately be classified that way and the DOR will
say I am converting a product to personal use and make me pay sales tax
on the market value of the boat rather than material cost.

The agent that writes my homeowner's policy had to go on oxygen when I
told him about the boat. :-) Rutu has a full blown buildres risk yacht
policy. All I really needed was fire and windstorm coverage but if
someone manages to sneek a crane and a lowboy into the backyard and
steel the boat I am covered. Also, even though I am 150 miles from any
water deep enough to float it, if it sinks, I'm covered.

Insurance companies are just not equipped to deal with crazy
boatbuilders like me. :-)
....

In 1979 I left Belgium with no intentions of ever returning to live or work
there exactly for that reason.
They began to charge a 33% sales tax on DIY activites like painting your
house or building a boat.
In my case, the tax on the estimated value of my boat was going to cost more
than all the materials invested in the project!
I found a loop hole and registered my 40' sailboat as a freighter but that
loophloe was closed very quickly.
Since I don't want to move from the US, I am left with the choice of voting
for less taxes.


--
Jacques
http://www.bateau.com

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:bv2ib.74207$sp2.30015@lakeread04...
Last month I bought one of the company's older fleet cars for #2
daughter. Not exactly a "sweetheart deal" but definitely most favored
nation. ;-) Sent the title in for transfer and got a new tag. This
week I get a letter from the GA revenuers wanting to know the sales
price and asking for their pound of sales tax flesh. Casual sales of
cars have never been taxed before so I did some checking. It seems that
because the politicians are hungry for money in this budget crunch the D
of R has finally linked there computer system to Public Safety and are
tracking every title.

What has this to do with boatbuilding? DNR will be linked by next year.
Most of my material was purchased out of state or on eBay so I am
going to get hit bad. I think I will try to register before they get
linked.

This is just Georgia but most states are hunting for revenue now so
check out what your state is doing and plan accordingly if you have a
big project and be sure to have your receipts carefully documented
before you go to register your boat and get a HIN.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com