I live in Montana where there is no sales tax…I am looking into to purchasing a new boat in seattle wa…I will have the boat licenced in montana and I will be using the boat in Montana, but will I have to pay the sales tax in washington?

Say I wanted to buy this boat:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1998-Silverton-39-foot-Motor-Yacht-One-owner_W0QQitemZ200205006038QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200205006038

What should I expect anderage annual cost of ownership to be? How often will the engine & generator need to be rebuilt? How often will I need to fill the fuel tank for average usage(cruising around and linking up for some beverages). What will that run? Give me as much info as you can!

After Hurrican Katrina we bought a house and on the property is a boat that had floated up. I posted it’s LA registration numberd on the found boat web site but have had no responce. I would like to get a clear title for the boat and fix it up. Know one can seem to give me a answer on how to do this. Any sugestions

We live in Texas and we got a boat from a friend who is was getting a divorce and did not have a place to keep his boat. He bought it from a guy a few years back and had not had it on the water because he was working on getting it “water ready”. We now have the boat and want to get the title and registration so we can take it out but we do not know who the last registered owner was to file for a transfer of ownership.

Doug and Beth are residents of New York. Beth could ask for a change of venue on the ground that New York.
A.has a sufficient stake in the matter
B.has jurisdiction
C.has sufficient minimum contacts with the parties
D.is a more convenient location to hold the trial.

I need this questiona answered by 10:00PM tonight.

I’m familiar with the costs of cars, trucks, motorcycles and even a bit of airplanes. What are the licensing requirements and costs of learning to sail? What are the insurance requirements, especially in the U.S.? What are the registration/documentation costs and requirements? Maintenance expenses = ? There are plenty of books that address these matters for airplane ownership and flying, but I can’t find any that answer these for sailing.

The kind of sailing I’d like to do would be first, starting out with a dinghy on inland lakes. Later, if finances, health, time, etc. permit doing some blue water cruising around North & South America. Some of it possibly single-handed as experience permits.

My friends and I are considering buying a boat together. We aren’t naive, we understand there will be issues on its usage and care and feeding etc. We are looking to get as many issues or questions on paper and agreed to first so there aren’t any surprises when things come up.

I know we aren’t breaking new ground here.

Does anyone have an example agreement? Suggestions on what questions to be sure to have included. Any help is appreciated.

thanks,
Michael

Is there a rule of thumb to predict the cost of owning a boat, given its cost (or even its length, etc). Cost meaning fuel, registration, maintenance, docking, etc. Larger boats, too (i.e. $50,000+)

I’ve had the boat for 10 days, and want to use it. The financing bank is handling the tax/registration, but can take up to 30 days to receive the stickers. Can I use the boat with no numbers/stickers on it?

Hi – I’m new to boat ownership and I find myself asking the question of whether or not the diesel fuel at a marine fuel dock is the exact same diesel that one would find at a local gas station (#2 diesel). I have a Yanmar inboard diesel engine in my boat.

Justin