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Gnarley

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Who can help me out with registration answers for a dingy? Mine is 10' and has a 9.5 HP 2 stroke on it. Do they need separate CF numbers or can you operate one without registration as long as it has the name of the boat adhered to it?

Thanks
 
Any vessel operated with a motor must be registered and have its own CF numbers. No you cannot avoid this by associating it with another vessel. If you only operate it with oars and/or sails, then you do not have to register it.

How ya doin' Gnarley? [:-spin]
 
That's what I thought, a person in my marina said that a dingy didn't need one. I thought it didn't seem right and that anything with a motor was required to have registration. I'm doing Ok, working on our boat for months now and trying to get it finished up for use the rest of the year. I cut a hole for a doorway in my transom and made a very nice door, it looks like it came from the factory! I am also installing a pulpit and a windless, a lewmar 700 and can't wait to use it. I'm glad it's finally warming up and the constant wind we've had for more than a month seems to be letting up!
 
There is some obscure exemption for "tenders" to documented vessels--but it only applies if the tender is used ONLY for transit between the mother vessel and the shore. The first time you take a separate trip in it (say, you're anchored at Angel Is. and you run over to Sam's in Tiburon and then go to Horizon's in Sausalito) you've broken the law.

calvoiper
 
What kind of paperwork do you have on your dinghy?
When the boat was sold new it should have had a document, I think it is called a "certificate of origin" or something like that. With that and the Hull ID number you can get California registration without too much difficulty.

Without the paperwork that the DMV clerk is comfortable dealing with their standard response is to give you more paperwork to fill out and send you away, hopefully so that when you return next time it becomes someone else's problem. Eventually you get all the different forms they have filled out and some poor soul at DMV is forced to actually do something. It can be done, as I have done it. Don't be surprised if they ask you to bring the boat in to have the Hull ID number inspected.

Rod
 
Wow!

I purchased a dinghy which was 15 yrs old and had never been registered. To protect myself from potential theft and because I was going to attach an electric trolling motor to it, I got it registered. But I did not go to DMV. I took my Bill of Sale to CSAA's DMV desk. They had no problem completing the registration and issuing me a CF number on the spot. I just wrote a check to the DMV, got my sticker/registration and instructions on how to affix CF numbers correctly and was on my way!
 
I purchased mine for $300 used and looking pretty bad before I cleaned it up. The hull ID tag is missing, though the owner thought he had it somewhere and I didn't ask for a bill of sale due to the price and at a yard sale. I was told to say I've had it for 4 years and finally decided that I wanted to use it and DMV will issue a new ID number.

I guess I'll find out what's needed, but first I'll make an appointment at DMV since I don't belong to AAA, and my road service is Good Sam who does trailer towing when AAA wouldn't.
 
You can download a "Bill of Sale" from dmv.ca.gov and fill that out. I paid $75 for mine and it had been in its storage bag in a closet for most of its life! Did you pay by check? It would be a good idea to take the canceled check with you. DMV will want to have proof you didn't steal it. Their employees are more anal then CSAAs.
 
Pay by check at a garage sale? Nope it was cash and I already have the form filled out.

Thanks
 
Gnarley,

There's a good likelihood your boat is stolen if it is missing the Hull ID tag. If you lie and say you've had it for 4 years when you haven't, you're helping the thief get away with it.

BTG
 
BTW, my dinghy doesn't have a hull number. I don't think they were doing that 20 yrs ago.
 
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