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Originally Posted by Garcia
While I don't think it will happen anytime soon, if boats continue to get bigger and bigger I would not be surprised to start seeing a move to impose some type of tax based on length, beam, and/or displacement
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There already is a tax as you describe, it's part of the registration fee.
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Originally Posted by Garcia
Bottom line to me - if someone wants to bring a boat I feel is way too big for the lake, so be it. Until and unless something changes, that is his/her right to do so. I'll both admire it and roll my eyes when it goes by - and wish I owned such a vessel so I could do the Great Loop!
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That boat is very likely too tall to do the loop. Most loop boats are <15' high to enable them to go anywhere on the loop, but the maximum height to do the loop is 19'1". There's a very similar boat at Champlain Marina that can't cruise off the lake despite the fact that the lake is connected to the ocean at both ends. It's too tall to fit under the bridges. As big as Champlain is,n that kind of limitation would make me nuts, I cannot fathom having a boat like that a Winnipesaukee.