In California, you register you watercraft ($20 a year), pay property tax if living in OC ($72 a year), have insurance ($300 a year), buy gas (at $2 a gallon last year and with jet skis getting 2 miles to the gallon...), and I think you have to be a licensed driver. If so, it is not enforced.
Gets to be an expensive hobby... At 02:42 PM 7/23/2002 -0400, you wrote: >There is a tax on watercraft in Kentucky. You have to register your >watercraft just like you do a car. > >Except you are not required to carry insurance. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 2:17 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Always order the checklist properly > > > > California.. where else? > > > > Orange County.. Property tax is 1.06% > > > > At 02:09 PM 7/23/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >What state s that in? Just wondering so I can know to never move >there. > > > > > >Tim Heald > > >Developer > > >Schoollink, Inc. > > >910.223.2116 x 122 > > > > > > > > >http://www.schoollink.net > > >Providing technology solutions for educators > > > > > >Fusebox Advisory Committee > > >http://www.fusebox.org > > > > > >Fayetteville ColdFusion User Group > > >http://www.fcfug.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 1:29 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Always order the checklist properly > > > > > > > > > > > > I just got my property tax bill for my jet ski this week.. $76 a > > > > year. Property tax on a jet ski... sh*t > > > > > > > > At 04:42 PM 7/23/2002 +0000, you wrote: > > > > >true but not funny: > > > > > > > > > >the number of boaters and PWC/jetski operators in the > > > > >Delta east of SanFran injured or killed due to speed, > > > > >incompetence, alcohol, or combinations of the above. > > > > > > > > > >In the entire state in '99, there were a total of 907 > > > > >boating accidents, 491 injuries, 42 fatalities. 25% of > > > > >the fatalities were alcohol-related. (State of CA Dept > > > > >of Boating and Waterways.) I read all too often about > > > > >kids or adults who drown because they fall overboard and > > > > >weren't wearing a PFD. > > > > > > > > > >Boats have to be registered, but operators not licensed. > > > > > > > > > >-Ben > > > > > > > > > > > Well duh. > > > > > > > > > > > > Which reminds me of how incredible it is that over here (UK), >you > > can > > > > > > rent a boat, buy a boat, drive a boat ... (recreational) ... > > Without a > > > > > > license. The speed limits are really slow (4-7 mph), but it's > > still a > > > > > > boat. Anybody can go rent a boat, and drive it down the > > > > Thames. Without > > > > > > ever having driven one before. Scary. > > > > > > > > > > > > And all that work I put in, studying for a boater's license. > > Useless. > > > > > > <grin> > > > > > > > > > > > > Erika > > > > > > With a K > > > > > > Driving boats into walls for a funnier tomorrow. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > >>| -----Original Message----- > > > > > > >>| From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > >>| Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 2:55 PM > > > > > > >>| To: CF-Community > > > > > > >>| Subject: Always order the checklist properly > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > >>| 1 - Stop engine > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > >>| CHECK > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > >>| 2 - Jump in water > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > >>| CHECK > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > >>| 3 - Drop anchor > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > >>| WHOOPS! > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > > > > >http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-020722rescue.stor >y > > > > > ?coll=chi-news-hed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
