Registration Fees

fatlazyless · 03-21-2010, 07:49 PM

Without an outboard motor, a 14' aluminum boat would not need to be registered at all. For example, a 14'er with one or two sets of oars for one or two rowers would need no registration. I've never seen an aluminum sailboat, but at 14' even a sailboat would need to be registered as any sailboats of 12' or more, not including the rudder, must pay for a registration sticker. Aluminum canoes which commonly are 17' long do not require any registration when equipped with paddles or oars, but do need registration with a gasoline or electric motor.

What's your boat got for a motor.....tiller-handle or steering wheel? I have a 16' aluminum boat with a 40-hp on a steering wheel, and it's a little small for the broads somedays, but other days it goes out there okay. Being in that little boat out in the broads when the wind picks up makes it seem like a small surfboard in a very big lake....but at least it's cheap on gas...

03-21-2010, 07:49 PM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,176 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	Without an outboard motor, a 14' aluminum boat would not need to be registered at all. For example, a 14'er with one or two sets of oars for one or two rowers would need no registration. I've never seen an aluminum sailboat, but at 14' even a sailboat would need to be registered as any sailboats of 12' or more, not including the rudder, must pay for a registration sticker. Aluminum canoes which commonly are 17' long do not require any registration when equipped with paddles or oars, but do need registration with a gasoline or electric motor. What's your boat got for a motor.....tiller-handle or steering wheel? I have a 16' aluminum boat with a 40-hp on a steering wheel, and it's a little small for the broads somedays, but other days it goes out there okay. Being in that little boat out in the broads when the wind picks up makes it seem like a small surfboard in a very big lake....but at least it's cheap on gas... __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!