"RH" wrote in message
k.net...
Thats 60 days consecutive,once they catch you the first time. So if i get
stopped tomorrow,i have until july ot get an OH number. I want to use the
boat here until october when the season ends.




Florida has a similar 60 day consecutive use law for out of state registered
or federally documented boats. When we had a winter house there and I had
both a documented boat and a MA registered smaller boat, I was advised by
the "locals" in the know to simply take them out of state every three months
for a day, fuel them, take a picture at the gas station or otherwise get
proof that the boat was not in Florida, return and the 60 day countdown
started over again.

Never bothered, and never was bothered either.

RCE

Yeah I am going to give it a shot and see what happens. I figure they will
just give me a ticket,i dont think they can take the boat away.



"RCE" wrote in message
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"RH" wrote in message
k.net...
Thats 60 days consecutive,once they catch you the first time. So if i get
stopped tomorrow,i have until july ot get an OH number. I want to use the
boat here until october when the season ends.




Florida has a similar 60 day consecutive use law for out of state
registered or federally documented boats. When we had a winter house
there and I had both a documented boat and a MA registered smaller boat, I
was advised by the "locals" in the know to simply take them out of state
every three months for a day, fuel them, take a picture at the gas station
or otherwise get proof that the boat was not in Florida, return and the 60
day countdown started over again.

Never bothered, and never was bothered either.

RCE

"RH" wrote in message
k.net...
Yeah I am going to give it a shot and see what happens. I figure they will
just give me a ticket,i dont think they can take the boat away.




Although the chances of "getting caught" are low IMO, I wouldn't assume
boating law enforcement is similar to automobile operation law enforcement
where a ticket and fine are usually all that happens. Marine and Admiralty
Law are strange animals compared to typical auto rules.

I recall reading a story in one of the boating mags a couple of years ago.
Some guy had a boat in Florida (I think) who ran it across a protected reef,
causing environmental damage to it. I've forgotten the details, but he
initially did not get caught and ended up selling the boat. A couple of
years later the new owner, completely oblivious to the reef incident got a
letter requiring him to pay a huge fine for the damage done to the reef.
The owner obviously claimed it wasn't him as he did not own the boat at the
time of the incident, however he was still found to be financially
responsible because, according to Admiralty Law, the claim for damages goes
to and is assigned to the boat, with the current owner being the financially
responsible party. This poor guy fought in court but finally settled for a
fine of 20 grand which was a fraction of the imposed fine.

RCE