That's interesting; however, I own a 1963 Folbot kayak that the previous owner registered in New Hampshire—
unnecessarily!
'Wonder how many of those unpowered craft are around, waiting to discover their unintended generosity of revenue to the state of New Hampshire?
(IOW, the registration of that particular Sunfish, like my kayak, could have been an error predating 1988).
I was interested for the
beginning date that sailboats were required to be registered. (Such as the previously-given examples). I would fully expect that any boat with an engine would pay registration fees—at least since the 1950s.