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    Tax on boats brought to Florida?

    We are planning on buying a 1996 Freedom sailboat in R.I. One of the appeals is that there is no sales tax on boats bought in Rhode Island. We will be keeping the boat in R.I. for 10-11 months.<br /><br />Although I had called our county tax collector a month ago and been told that boats, like...
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    surveyor needed near Providence RI

    Hi, We are looking for a surveyor who would be very detailed and conservative who could give a boat we are considering near Middletown a very thorough going over. Does anyone have a suggestion. Name and phone would be very helpful, if possible. <br /><br />Thank you, Faith
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    transporting a sailboat via container ship

    We have heard of sailboats being transported by a big container ship and would like to look into this from R.I. to FL. Anyone know who does this? Anyone done it? What's the cost? I hear you do not have to derig. So that is a savings. Thank you, Faith
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    storing dinghy vertically on swim platform

    Any recommendations on who to store the new dink we will be buying (inflatible or Walker Bay) in a vertical position on the swim platform. We do not want to tow or use davits. Thank you, Faith
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    buying a boat w/o "buyers" broker & other ?s

    We are going to be buying a used boat. We thought it might be best to contact the listing agent for the boats we are interested in thinking that s/he would be able to work with their commission a bit to bring down the coast of the desired boat more than if we brought in our own broker who would...
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