"Red Cloud®" wrote in message
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On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:06:38 GMT, Ignoramus26831
wrote:

I am in IL.

I bought a 12 foot boat with trailer at an "estate sale", for $120.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/12-f...raft-Seafarer/

All we did was writing a "bill of sale" on a small piece of paper.

Now I am beginning to realize that I have to possibly go through a
mountain of paperwork to actually get title to the boat AND trailer.

Does anyone have any actual experience dealing with transfer of
boat/trailer titles etc?

i

I don't think it will amount to a "mountain" of paperwork. You may need to
get
the seller to sign and notarize something, but it's not the end of the
world.
Trying to make the trailer a "homebuilt" will create more of a hassle, as
it
will then need to get temp plates and be inspected, and then re-inspecdted
to
correct faults. That will no doubt involve jumping through a lot more
hoops than
playing it straight and getting the paperwork filled out properly.

My homebuilts were never even looked at, it was simply a matter of
writing a check to the DMV and getting the plate and tabs.



The boat will be even less complicated.

rusty redcloud