"I hope you like the Circus" says the short round man next to my husband at the auction house. "Oh yeah, whys that?" asked my husband, Chris. The man replied laughing "because getting a lost boat title in Maryland is like jumping through flaming hoops". We had no idea what he meant or how true his statement would be.
On March 2,2011 my family went to a local auction house in the heart of Cecil County in the hopes of laying claims to a new treasure- a nice 14'ft bow rider boat for our small family of 3. A total of 2 boats were available, the first being the 14 footer w/ title and the other, 17 ftr w/ no title that needed some minor work. There was title for both boat trailer. First up on the block was the 14fter - which we won and for shits and giggles we got the 17ft for a mere $60. We paid for our treasures and happily headed home.
Both of our boats were previously registered to DE owners which is a no title state. After looking through the folder given to us by the auction house we learned this about our boats- Neither one had a title, well the one did but it belonged to a completely different boat registered in RI.. Crap.
The 14ftr was from a personal estate auction- the guy that owned it had passed away. We had the following document:
-Death certificate
-Registration copies
-Trailer title
-Title to another boat in another state.
The 17ftr had nothing but the trailer title.
For now lets focus on the 14fter since that was our main interest. The previous owner obviously cared for this boat. It was his baby. The floors were redone in stained, sealed wood, seats looked newly coved and everything was marked in detail down to the cans of replacement screws in the hideaway. I feel good about this boat.
No comments:
Post a Comment