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wrote in message ... On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:50:41 -0400, "mmc" wrote: I won't cast aspersions on their characters but I will say that I'd rather skip paying a brokers commision and I can find a surveyor wherever the boat happens to be. I'd rather tour a boat with the owner than someone else (like me) that knows nothing about it. With the cheapy TomTom in my truck, finding a boat in an unfamiliar town isn't much of a challenge anymore either. As for the documentation, it was recommended to me by a friend to hire a specialist" (whatever these people are called) to do mine for a mere $400. I downloaded and printed the form and did it myself. Saved my $400 and IIRC it took all of about 15 minutes to prepare. I sent the forms and check to the CG and they sent back the documentation so I must not have made too many mistakes! I don't remember what you call them either. My guy was a retired Coast Guard fellow that handled the CG end of the paper work for 30 years or so. He used to make a pretty good retirement income here doing nothing but Documented Vessel transfers. But it wasn't very expensive. I'm thinkin' $50 or maybe $75. Maybe they've streamlined the process since then (25-30 years ago). But it was a pile of paper to get through, make 2 copies of this, three copies of that, get it notarized, mail it off, wait a week, get more paperwork back, mail it off, etc like that. I just didn't have time for it. Rick Sounds like it's been made simpler Rick. Not that much of a hassle these days. $50- $75 wouldn't be bad but after paying for the boat a $400 (+ CG fees) tab for something of questionable value is a hard pill to swallow. The real value to me of documentation or rather re-documentation is in ensuring there were no liens against the boat. |
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