In the documentation thread I mentioned that you could request an abstract of title for your boat. It will show each legal action on/against the boat; sales, liens, etc.
I just pulled Touche's out to re-read. Interesting stuff. Lister Ed Levert may remember a lot of the names here. It starts with: "This vessel was built at Ontario, Canada in 1971 of fiberglass by Hinterhoeller LTD. for Walet Yacht Sales, Inc on appears by Certificate of G.W. Brinksmead, Master Carpenter of Hinterhoeller, Ltd. Builder" and some other stuff. Lists the sale on 11/1/1971 from Walet yacht Sales to Touche's 1st owner, Albert Edward Carpenter (nicknamed Skip, I think). Then Carpenter sold it to one William Hayes on 2/6/73. Seven months later Hays sold it to B.B. Saxon on 9/12/73. Saxon sold it 4/21/81 to the guy I bought it from. Some purchase pricing is actual, others list $10.00 & OVC (other valuable consideration). Interesting that, for the actual sales prices listed, it rose in value about 10% with each of the first few sales. As I said in the other post, the abstract shows a mortgage on 8/31/81 for $63,280 by Irving Trust Company of New York. The USCG VDC had no record of that mortgage being satisfied. The bank had been absorbed by another bank. Took me and the seller a few months to track down the paperwork to send a satisfaction of mortgage with an original signature from the bank to VDC so I could change the documentation to my name. Not sure how much an abstract of title is these days. It was about $25 in 1999. Anyway, it's a piece of the history of the boat. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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