Tuesday, June 10, 2008

New Boat Project – Update

The Bundesrepublik Deutschland Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung (German Coast Guard?) and Deutsche Wasserschutzpolizei (German River, Lake, and Coastal Waters Police?) just declared our boat as sea worthy!!!

Yahoooooo! Yippieeee!

I am now the legal owner, of a previously, never registered, home built boat!

The little boat is not finished (almost), but it is now legal!

I jumped the gun a little.

I got worried that all the work would be for nothing, so I ran it though their system to see if we would pass.

My rebuild/new build was accepted as professionally undertaken!

I used Coast Guard formulas to do the math and it worked.

It is now rated for up to 35hp! Way over what I thought it should be for a 10ft boat.

Maximum passengers, three adults, or two adults and two children.

It passed as a “new”, not a “rebuilt”, boat!

Our boat now has a new legal registration number and hull number!

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