Acquiring, financing, and maintaining your vessel can require a lot of work – sometimes more than most people realize. There is more to becoming a vessel owner than making a few payments, and there is much more to being a vessel owner than the occasional maintenance work. Vessels require all sorts of special documentation depending…
Have you been trying to find a better way to get your vessel onto the US Coast Guard boat registry? Whenever you try to do so, whether it’s online or filling these forms out by hand, does the process seem far more time-consuming and even more difficult than it should be? The US Boat Registry…
Interested in acquiring a boat that may arouse suspicion regarding its owner or previous owners? Sometimes the price might be tempting, but it could hide mortgages and liens with it. Beware of wrongful vessel owners that want to get rid of unpaid debts by passing them to you. In order to make things right with…
Have you been trying to stand up to date with your vessel documentation? Are you concerned about getting late fees for turning in your documents just a moment late? Do you have so much “on your plate” right now that it’s difficult to keep everything straight? As vessel owners ourselves, we absolutely know that feeling.…
When dealing with a Certificate of Documentation, such as getting a certified copy, a replacement, or deletion, it’s important to know there exists a form for each one of these options. Let’s take a look at them so you can figure out which one you need. Applying For A Certified Copy Of Documentation If you…
Did your vessel certificate of documentation recently expire and you aren’t sure what to do? Now that your certificate has expired, does it seem like you’re out of options? While it may feel that way, it is not the case. There is still a way to get your documentation valid again so that you can…
Owning a ship in the United States might lead to quite a few questions regarding the paperwork you need to comply with the USCG vessel registration. Let’s see what you need to get started. What Is USCG Vessel Documentation? Vessel documentation is the process of registering a vessel with the
Are you looking into a vessel that you’re interested in, but aren’t sure if you can trust the information you’ve come across? Have you been talking to a motivated seller and want to make sure that what you’re hearing isn’t “too good to be true?” Those are just some of the reasons that vessel owners…
Have you tried to file your Coast Guard Documentation, whether online or in person, and found that it’s more difficult than it should be? Does it seem like whenever you sit down to actually finish the work you find it takes so, so long? You aren’t alone in that. Many of us here are vessel…
Do you have an unregistered, foreign-built vessel that you want to use for small passenger operations? Is your vessel not on the Coast Guard boat registration database and you’re unsure about what you can and can’t use it for? So many vessel owners have been or are in that same position. The truth is that…