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Building a boat with a "motor" that doesn't require registration?

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Maybe put a vertical axis wind turbine on a non powered boat. Make it turn a 90 degree gear box that then turns the propeller. There's no motor.
 
You are planning to do something illegal I take it, why else wouldn't you just register your boat!

Reported to the authorities.
 
vi edit said:
But would most definitely be considered mechanical.
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Hmmm true.

Maybe use a dock instead of a boat. It's not a boat it's a detachable dock! :biggrin:

Probably easier to just give in and register it... 😛 I hate that crap too though, it's all a money grab.
 
momeNt said:
You are planning to do something illegal I take it, why else wouldn't you just register your boat!

Reported to the authorities.
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Because I don't like registering things. Connecticut has a bad habit of trying to tax everything they can, and sending them paperwork that I own a shiny new toy is making it too easy for them 🙂

Besides, I'm thinking more along the lines of a rowboat or raft than some giant pontoon boat.
 
strap scuba tanks to underside of boat. open valves slightly and let compressed air propel you along. i don't think that could be considered machinery since the escaping air is the power, instead of using the air to power a prop.
 
When I was small I remember cereal boxes would come with boats and submarines that were powered by baking soda. Perhaps you could build one of these in the scale of a full sized boat?

Sounds totally doable to me.
 
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ultimatebob said:
Because I don't like registering things. Connecticut has a bad habit of trying to tax everything they can, and sending them paperwork that I own a shiny new toy is making it too easy for them 🙂

Besides, I'm thinking more along the lines of a rowboat or raft than some giant pontoon boat.
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As for the taxing, welcome to the real world. Everyone taxes everything, get used to it.

As for the rowboat, I'm willing to bet that'll last one or two uses. Then that $37 registration fee will seem like a bargain.
 
Scarpozzi said:
When you consider the cost of a boat and a reasonable propulsion system, the registration is typically such a small percentage of the cost, I don't know why you're wasting your time.

I used to have a 17.5 foot bow rider with an inboard/outboard. It was good because it was a 3.0L 4 cylinder that would do 40mph on the lake and get decent gas mileage. My current boat is a 22ft pontoon. I've had 11 people on that boat, but it doesn't travel nearly as fast or get good gas mileage in comparison....it is, however, more spacious.
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OP is whining because he's trying to escape CT's personal property taxes (like real estate taxes, but on cars, boats, airplanes, etc.

OTOH OP may be an old line Yankee. My father (from the Great Depression generation) built a shed at our family home and deliberately made it one inch shorter all the way around so he didn't need a building permit therefore it wouldn't be taxed. He even built removable flooring in it (like wood pallets) when the building inspector claimed a floor would trigger the permit requirement. Typical for him, he built it like the proverable brick sh*thouse-it's over fifty years old at this point, and looks like it's five years old.

My advice to OP-be like John Kerry and primarily dock the boat in Rhode Island if you are really that concerned about taxes. Odds are you'll spend a lot more in docking fees, gas and wear and tear on your car but you'll save $20 a year in taxes.
 
Thump553 said:
OP is whining because he's trying to escape CT's personal property taxes (like real estate taxes, but on cars, boats, airplanes, etc.

OTOH OP may be an old line Yankee. My father (from the Great Depression generation) built a shed at our family home and deliberately made it one inch shorter all the way around so he didn't need a building permit therefore it wouldn't be taxed. He even built removable flooring in it (like wood pallets) when the building inspector claimed a floor would trigger the permit requirement. Typical for him, he built it like the proverable brick sh*thouse-it's over fifty years old at this point, and looks like it's five years old.

My advice to OP-be like John Kerry and primarily dock the boat in Rhode Island if you are really that concerned about taxes. Odds are you'll spend a lot more in docking fees, gas and wear and tear on your car but you'll save $20 a year in taxes.
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Nope... the OP grew up in Pennsylvania, and is still adjusting to living in a socialist nanny state 🙂

Amusingly, Pennsylvania's boat registration laws are even tougher than Connecticut's. Go figure.
 
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