Is it where you are from or the Boat?

CaptDan · 05-14-2008, 09:37 AM

When lettering your boats name on back with your intuitive crafty name.. whats the best practice for stating the name of the town of a boat on a lake?
Is it where the boat is moored or where the owner lives?

AC2717 · 05-14-2008, 10:30 AM

Usually it is where the boat makes Berth. That is the norm, but it is the captains decision.

Frank · 05-14-2008, 12:34 PM

We were going to put "Gilford" on our boat, as that is where it is docked at the lake, but the sign guy convinced us to put where we are from on it instead. He pointed out that we'd probably be the only boat on the lake with "Seattle" as its port name! So, that's the city name our boat proudly bears.

- Frank

jrc · 05-14-2008, 08:10 PM

Well it's usually called your home port so I think it means where the boat calls home. But I've seen both and occasionally an obvious fun choice.

If your boat is documented, it has to have a home port and it has to be a real place, but again I don't think the USCG cares which place you use.

I skipped the homeport, on this boat. My Dad had Nashua, NH in big letters on his boat that call several lake marinas home during it's existence.

MeEscape · 05-15-2008, 08:28 PM

I live in a seaside maine town known to all who have seen a northeast ocean chart, I used my home as the home port on my boat. On the lake their are many from Alton Bay, but only a few from my home town, I thought it makes the boat stand out a little and start a few conversations. The USCG regs are very flexiable.

Airwaves · 05-16-2008, 12:34 AM

If you own a documented vessel, then the home port is the port on your documentation papers. There are only a few such vessels on Lake Winnipesaukee and if you don't know what I'm talking about then you don't own one.

If you have a registered vessel (like most of us) you can pretty much put whatever you want as your port since it has no legal bearing on your registration.

MeEscape · 05-16-2008, 08:57 AM

Mine is documented. You can still declare most any port as a home port provided you have a reasonable basis, but the papers do need to agree with what goes on the boat.

CaptDan · 05-16-2008, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airwaves

If you own a documented vessel, then the home port is the port on your documentation papers. There are only a few such vessels on Lake Winnipesaukee and if you don't know what I'm talking about then you don't own one.

If you have a registered vessel (like most of us) you can pretty much put whatever you want as your port since it has no legal bearing on your registration.

HAHA OK.. I dont own one... so can someone explain it?

camp guy · 05-16-2008, 10:27 AM

For WAM 290 - go to 'google' and type in "documented vessel" and you will get all the answers you ever will need.

CaptDan · 05-16-2008, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camp guy

For WAM 290 - go to 'google' and type in "documented vessel" and you will get all the answers you ever will need.

yep.. i did that just after my last post..
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/vdoc/faq.htm#01
http://www.yachtsee.com/faqs.htm

Rinkerguy · 05-16-2008, 12:41 PM

FYI ... might want to be careful when putting a town on the lake, just in case you ever move the boat off a lake and into the ocean

If that's not a concern, than I would put the town where the boat is sliped

JonLevis · 05-16-2008, 02:05 PM

I think I am the only Buckeye, AZ on the lake!

Seeker · 05-16-2008, 06:19 PM

IIRC when my boats were documented it was supposed to be either the location you were a resident of, the location where the vessel was moored or the location of the nearest USCG district. Therefore mine was documented with a hailing port of Boston (1st CG Dist), even though I lived in Weston and docked in Squantum/Quincy. Seems things are easier now.

05-14-2008, 09:37 AM	#1
CaptDan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oxford, MA Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Is it where you are from or the Boat? When lettering your boats name on back with your intuitive crafty name.. whats the best practice for stating the name of the town of a boat on a lake? Is it where the boat is moored or where the owner lives? __________________ - Dan The Life of Riley

05-14-2008, 10:30 AM	#2
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,521 Thanks: 747 Thanked 344 Times in 257 Posts	Well Usually it is where the boat makes Berth. That is the norm, but it is the captains decision. __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

05-15-2008, 08:28 PM	#5
MeEscape Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Da' Bay Posts: 38 Thanks: 6 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	My home port I live in a seaside maine town known to all who have seen a northeast ocean chart, I used my home as the home port on my boat. On the lake their are many from Alton Bay, but only a few from my home town, I thought it makes the boat stand out a little and start a few conversations. The USCG regs are very flexiable.

05-16-2008, 12:34 AM	#6
Airwaves Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 9 Thanked 102 Times in 37 Posts	Documented vessel vs registered vessel If you own a documented vessel, then the home port is the port on your documentation papers. There are only a few such vessels on Lake Winnipesaukee and if you don't know what I'm talking about then you don't own one. If you have a registered vessel (like most of us) you can pretty much put whatever you want as your port since it has no legal bearing on your registration.

05-16-2008, 10:27 AM	#9
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,133 Thanks: 284 Thanked 480 Times in 271 Posts	Boat documentation explained For WAM 290 - go to 'google' and type in "documented vessel" and you will get all the answers you ever will need.

05-14-2008, 12:34 PM	#3
Frank Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	We were going to put "Gilford" on our boat, as that is where it is docked at the lake, but the sign guy convinced us to put where we are from on it instead. He pointed out that we'd probably be the only boat on the lake with "Seattle" as its port name! So, that's the city name our boat proudly bears. - Frank

05-14-2008, 08:10 PM	#4
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	Well it's usually called your home port so I think it means where the boat calls home. But I've seen both and occasionally an obvious fun choice. If your boat is documented, it has to have a home port and it has to be a real place, but again I don't think the USCG cares which place you use. I skipped the homeport, on this boat. My Dad had Nashua, NH in big letters on his boat that call several lake marinas home during it's existence.

05-16-2008, 08:57 AM	#7
MeEscape Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Da' Bay Posts: 38 Thanks: 6 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	Mine is documented. You can still declare most any port as a home port provided you have a reasonable basis, but the papers do need to agree with what goes on the boat.

05-16-2008, 12:41 PM	#11
Rinkerguy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 121 Thanks: 0 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	FYI ... might want to be careful when putting a town on the lake, just in case you ever move the boat off a lake and into the ocean If that's not a concern, than I would put the town where the boat is sliped

05-16-2008, 02:05 PM	#12
JonLevis Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Fay's Boatyard & Canton, MA Posts: 79 Thanks: 18 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Name I think I am the only Buckeye, AZ on the lake!

05-16-2008, 06:19 PM	#13
Seeker Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Effingham Posts: 408 Thanks: 37 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	IIRC when my boats were documented it was supposed to be either the location you were a resident of, the location where the vessel was moored or the location of the nearest USCG district. Therefore mine was documented with a hailing port of Boston (1st CG Dist), even though I lived in Weston and docked in Squantum/Quincy. Seems things are easier now.

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