Re: [Paddlewise] Registration Fees for Paddlecraft

Dave Kruger wrote:

> I have not been able to sort out the specifics, by state, of registration which
> have been reported here so far, but I am curious what the pattern is.  If folks
> respond re:  what their state does, I will make a summary and report back on my
> findings.
>

New Hampshire does not require registration for non motorized craft, except sailboats
over a certain length (I think 14 feet, but don't quote me on that).  As a side note,
any state that has a Coast Guard type of registration must allow boats from other
states with the same type of registration to use their waters.  There is a time
restriction, though.  I believe that  you can for up to 60 days, after that the boat
is considered a resident.  The odd thing is that the boat is registered in the state
of most frequent use, not the state of the owner.  I bought a boat off of a New
Hampshire couple who registered the boat in Maine because that was where their summer
camp was.  But they could use the boat in New Hampshire when they wanted.  At least
that is the way it was explained to me when New Hampshire finally adopted Coast Guard
style registration.

Mike


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    Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are
visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great
blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a
mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your
passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space.
Mark H Hunt


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