At 10:39 PM 5/26/00 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote: > >A. Does anyone know which states **require** registration of paddlecraft (aka >sea kayaks and canoes). Ohio requires registration. Michigan and Indiana do not. >B. For those states which **do** require registration: > 1. How much is the annual fee? > 2. What is the "return" for registration? IOW, does the state devote some >funds to paddlecraft launching sites or marine trails or somesuch? Or, is >there no clear return? Afraid I can't answer that -- I don't live in Ohio. >(Note: the claim which I think one state makes that registration makes it more >likely a stolen craft will be returned is bogus: those numbers can be removed >easily. The boat ID number is a better ID, and on my yaks, removing the >number requires damaging the surface of the yak -- a clear indication of a >stolen boat.) While sitting here waiting for a guy to come and pick up a sailboat I just sold him, with all the paperwork at my elbow, I do have to reflect that the boat ID numbers, which appear on the title and registration, do give some layer of protection against theft, especially on boats as light and easily carryable as kayaks are. While I'm opposed to state registration of kayaks, and 3 inch numbers on the bow and all that, I must admit that there's a little doubt floating around in my skull right now. -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat May 27 2000 - 07:02:05 PDT
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