Shep's refused to let me have a, boat registration for my new, 25 year old, 14' sailboat because I had no bill of sale. She screams & pounds the counter: "no bill of sale, it's no sail, fogetaboutit! you pea-brain"
My other boat, a very nice performance boat, is a 32' Sea Ray Pachanga, and I threw a crushed beer can at her as I stormed out the door.
Took my sailboat info to the Marine Patrol in Gilford, and after two visits, and about 90 minutes of heated interogation, I exits the Glendale MP w/ a registration. First they beat me with a rubber hose, and then I was waterboarded, I just stuck with the same story until they sort of believed me.
Lesson learned: don't lose the bill of sale when buying a used boat. New Hampshire unlke most states does not issue titles for boats so it has become a go-to state for registering a stolen boat, or something. And the bill of sale has to be signed by the seller, not forged by yourself!
Capice!
