Reply To: 1960’s Boat with No Capacity Plate

[oldemtr]

If you have a title, and it’s registered, I’ll bet you’ll be fine – I think the DNR officers are just concerned if you have current registration numbers on it.
Those registration fees are what helps pay their salaries, so they have a vested interest in that.
Boats are painted all the time, and most of those manufacturers capacity decals, stuck on the back of a seat or somewhere, are history.

To register a boat in Florida (Which I think is pretty strict about this stuff), for a commercially made boat with a manufacturers hull number,
I’ve only had to hand them the signed over title, or current out of state registration, and bill of sale.

If a home built, with no hull number, a DNR officer may have to come out to look at it, and confirm it’s as you say – He then submits a form, and you can register it.
No safety inspection, unless it’s for commercial / passenger use.

But I don’t know – Maybe where you are, it’s different.