Fred,
I agree. That is why I renewed the documentation on Corsair when
Michigan declared the use of number boards no longer met the
registration number display requirements. I also did display my
Michigan Registration sticker (separate decal from reg numbers) on the
mast (each side).
Michigan is clear that you don't need to display the reg numbers on a
documented boat.
Neil Schiller
1983 C&C 35-3, #028
"Grace"
White Lake Michigan
WLYC
On 1/26/2018 1:38 PM, Frederick G Street wrote:
I’m aware that I have to register in the state, and have faithfully
done so since I bought my first sailboat up on Lake Superior. But the
whole argument of displaying registration numbers on a documented
vessel is something that I don’t think is legal for a state to
require, as it would (as I understand it) then supersede the federal
law on the subject. I display a state registration sticker on the
upper corner of the transom as required by Wisconsin state law, but I
will not put state registration numbers on the bow; and I don’t think
Wisconsin can require me to do so.
— Fred
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
On Jan 26, 2018, at 12:30 PM, schiller <schil...@bloomingdalecom.net
<mailto:schil...@bloomingdalecom.net>> wrote:
Fred,
I think that if you kept your boat only on the waters of the Great
Lakes, you could get away without state registration. As soon as you
put into port however, you just entered State controlled waterways.
I guess you could anchor offshore and go into port with a registered
dingy but that might be iffy.
Michigan State boundaries go all the way to mid lake on Lake Michigan
but the federal jurisdiction may end at the shoreline. Not sure on that.
Neil Schiller
1983 C&C 35-3, #028
"Grace"
White Lake Michigan
WLYC
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