Sticken' it to the Man!
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:24 am
I recently received my C26 boat registration renewal and actually smiled! Last year my registration was roughly $85, with the economy depressed and many people struggling to make ends meet the state of Florida wisely decided to increase the yearly registration amount to $124! Why would this make me smile? In June I printed all of the documents from the states website regarding antique vessel registration, signed the documents, put on my best happy face and went to the tag office. Naturally they had no earthly clue about antique vessel registration and it took over an hour for them to reluctantly make some phone calls to Tallahassee looking for ways to deny my request but, they finally changed my 1976 C26 to antique status. Here comes the smile, my new registration amount is ...$6.25. My 8ft Walker Bay dinghy registration is more than twice that amount. I encourage everyone to investigate antique registration in their state and "stick it to the Man!"