Boy, bureaucracy has changed. I went to DMV in 1980 to register a used Potter 14, and the lady did not like my documentation. Without asking me, she registered the boat and trailer "homemade" and I left a happy sailor. That was California then; things have changed, I suspect. On Jun 9, 2012, at 6:38 AM, Howard Audsley wrote:
When I bought my 1978 M17, I faced something similar with the Trail Rite trailer, which has to be titled. The seller had no title to convey. Our solution (theirs, actually) was to call it "homemade".
You might try the same thing with the boat. Tell them you built it yourself. If they ask when, tell them a long time ago, then give them the actual numbers. I built a 10 foot dinghy and was issued a set of boat numbers with the plans. On paper, they would never be able to tell the difference.
Didn't Johnny Cash have the same problem with a Cadillac?