Has the weather gotten so nice in your area that you feel like you just have to take your vessel out on the water? More and more places all over America are feeling that spring has finally sprung and summer is soon to follow. If your vessel has spent all winter in storage, now may…
Do you know how you want to be able to use your vessel but aren’t sure exactly how to make your documentation reflect that? Are you in the process of filling out your United States Coast Guard boat registration and are stuck on what an “endorsement” is? Well, in the context of boat registration, the…
Have you been trying to figure out how to register a boat with Coast Guard the best way? Does it feel like registering a vessel shouldn’t be as difficult as it is? Before we started our site, we were just vessel owners, just like you, trying to find the best way to register their vessels…
If a ship has been registered with the United States Coast Guard, it is a documented vessel (USCG). The documentation program assigns a unique official number to the boat, subsequently permanently inscribed into the ship’s interior by the documentation team. The vessel has satisfied all relevant U.S. Coast Guard rules, and criteria are shown by…
A common query from boat owners seeking documentation services is, “How do I register my boat with the Coast Guard?” It is no more difficult to register a documented vessel than to write a boat without paperwork. A documented boat may be registered simultaneously as other boats you own, making it more straightforward. When writing…
A “hailing port” is undoubtedly a familiar word to boat owners, but what does it mean? When you get your boat registered and licensed, you’ll need to use a hailing port. There are times when you will need to designate a different hailing port than the one listed as your home port. While these two…
Have you been looking for a way to find information about a vessel that you can trust? Do you want to buy a vessel but want to know as much as possible before you “pull the trigger?” Of course you do. Buying a vessel, spending good money as well as time to do so, and…
Have you been searching online for a “vessel bill of sale” form but aren’t coming up with anything? Are you in the process of selling your vessel and don’t know which forms you need to close the deal? A bill of sale can be absolutely critical to the proper selling of your vessel – provided…
Are you selling a vessel and want to make sure that you have all of the paperwork covered? Do you have an undocumented vessel that you have an interested buyer for and want to have crossed all of your “t’s” and dotted all of your “i’s?” That makes all of the sense in the world….
Are you looking to sell your undocumented vessel? Does it feel like you’re lacking some of the paperwork to take care of the sale? Here at our vessel documentation site, we offer all of the documentation forms you might need for documented vessels. That said, we’re often asked questions about what to do with selling…