Coast Guard documentation

[Ralph Masters]

I submitted our request for documentation in August and have just heard from them.  They needed a copy of the bill of sale or the state registration showing our name as legal owners now.  Those shallow water sailors do an alright job.

Ralph
Ciao Bella

[Ron Hill]

Jim : You are getting all this great advice and you will still be calling the USCG Documentation Center - -

just like I mentioned in reply #2 !!

[Albreen]

  Ron is right on...........during the documentation process, I called the documentation staff twice to clarify the final cost and correct information needed despite working with a knowledgable broker and having documented a boat myself 7 years earlier. But, I was also redocumenting the boat as the new owner and there is one additional verification required - I think you said you are documenting the boat for the first time - if so, you shouldn't have this additional step. But, it is worth calling - they are very helpful at simplifying the process.