If you’re buying a boat and the owner states that it’s a documented ship, you must verify it by conducting a documented vessel search. You need to keep in mind the documented vessel search benefits for you. To start the search, you must enter the official number and vessel name. The 30-day expiration period If…
If you’re like many of us, you’ve been out on the water at some point just as the sun is setting. Sure, you have plans back on land, you have plenty of things you said you’d do. But… you just want to ride a bit further, to be out on your boat a bit longer….
We often get asked general boating questions in addition to the questions about vessel documentation. As the holidays approach and the temperatures drop across North America, we’ve been receiving a vessel documentation query that has nothing to do with vessel documentation at all: “how can we boat safely during the holidays?” It’s clear that there…
The US Coast Guard and Documenting Boats You have worked hard all your life, and are now ready to invest money in one of your big dreams. Buying a luxury vessel has been something that you have been imagining for a while, and now you are able to put down the money required. If you…
Marking Your Vessel According to 46 CFR Part 67 (Subpart i) While going through the process of purchasing your yacht or large recreational boat may seem challenging at times, once you get through it all and the boat is yours you can look forward to many hours of enjoyment on the water. Of course, you…
Have you been trying to find a way to handle your vessel documentation that isn’t difficult? Do you want to be able to wrap up any vessel documentation you might need in minutes and not hours? That’s what our vessel documentation services are built around. We know that for most folks, the last thing they…
Boat documentations used to be much more difficult to deal with than it is now. In the past, the process was far more arduous than it is today. When we started our site, we did so with the expressed idea that we simplify the vessel documentation process for regular, working vessel owners, who didn’t have…
Initial Vessel Documentation Owning a yacht is such a goal for a lot of people. To own your vessel and being able to use as you please is an amazing feeling. As a new owner. There are many things you need to keep in mind. Other than the obvious details, the most important is legal…
Find All the Forms You Need With Our Coast Guard Portal You have been searching for a new boat, and want to make sure that all of your documentation is up to date. If you are intending to document your boat with the federal agency, then you will have already accessed the official Coast guard…
If you ever tried to get all of the NVDC forms your vessel might need before the days of the internet, then you know how difficult that could be. You either had to find them online and print them out or, in some cases, (depending on when you did this) you had to drive somewhere…