screwloose
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2012
- Messages
- 38
First off, this is my first post, I've been reading here for a few years and finally registered.
I've been looking for an affordable boat project lately, and all I keep finding are boats without titles.
Getting a title for a boat with no history in NJ is a nightmare, if not impossible.
Why or how do so many boats end up not having titles?
I've been looking at a freshwater run mid 70's Starcraft on which the current owner replaced the deck and transom, and stripped the boat to bare aluminum but is giving up since he found he either can't get a title here or the process just costs to much. He claims the boat belonged to his uncle in another state that don't require titles or registration on boats. He got the boat after his uncle past away. He's an older gentleman himself, and I doubt if he'd have spent so much on the hull if it were stolen or something. He's only asking $1500, for the boat, and all the parts to finish the boat including a complete new interior, new mooring cover, new seats, all new upholstery, and all the trim. Its missing only the steering cable which he can't find. If I knew I could get a title, I'd jump on it but without a title its worth nothing.
It seems that just about every affordable aluminum boat on CL has no title.
I'm basically looking to spend as little as I have to for a boat that floats, I'll do the rest.
I'm looking for anything in the 15-18' range, preferably in aluminum but I'd take a glass boat if the hull is sound.
I just can't figure why its such a nightmare to get a title for a boat here. They can't all be stolen, and most that I've looked at have been sitting for decades unused. Many don't even have hull numbers on them.
I've been looking for an affordable boat project lately, and all I keep finding are boats without titles.
Getting a title for a boat with no history in NJ is a nightmare, if not impossible.
Why or how do so many boats end up not having titles?
I've been looking at a freshwater run mid 70's Starcraft on which the current owner replaced the deck and transom, and stripped the boat to bare aluminum but is giving up since he found he either can't get a title here or the process just costs to much. He claims the boat belonged to his uncle in another state that don't require titles or registration on boats. He got the boat after his uncle past away. He's an older gentleman himself, and I doubt if he'd have spent so much on the hull if it were stolen or something. He's only asking $1500, for the boat, and all the parts to finish the boat including a complete new interior, new mooring cover, new seats, all new upholstery, and all the trim. Its missing only the steering cable which he can't find. If I knew I could get a title, I'd jump on it but without a title its worth nothing.
It seems that just about every affordable aluminum boat on CL has no title.
I'm basically looking to spend as little as I have to for a boat that floats, I'll do the rest.
I'm looking for anything in the 15-18' range, preferably in aluminum but I'd take a glass boat if the hull is sound.
I just can't figure why its such a nightmare to get a title for a boat here. They can't all be stolen, and most that I've looked at have been sitting for decades unused. Many don't even have hull numbers on them.