Learn From Texas. Don't let this pass without a fight. Send comments, send in a comment every day. Write your State Representative and then call them. Explain that if they vote for this you will not vote for them in the future, put a 10 foot sign in your yard for their opponent, and picket their house.
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<br>You haven't seen irritation until you have dealt with registering a boat that was never meant to be registered
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<br>Here are a few examples
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<br>* what do you mean your boat has 2 hulls
<br>* How can the hulls have different serial numbers
<br>* No boat has a 3 digit serial number
<br>* It's not a new boat, the serial number just changed. I broke the hulls on my old boat so bought new hulls, sails, mast and crossbeam and they threw in the rest of the parts as part of a "special package deal"
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<br>If you let this pass and you have more than one boat you might try this just to see the look on the Parks and Wildlife's Clerks face.
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<br>I want to register a modular catamaran
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<br>Everything on the the boat is replaceable and interchangeable
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<br>I have 16, 5.8 and 20 foot hulls
<br>I have 4 mast's
<br>12 sets of sails
<br>9 possible serial number combinations and 12 sail numbers
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<br>What do I do when I buy a new set of hulls?
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<br>Estimated value, well with the Hobie 16 foot port hull and the wooden Tornado starboard hull about $1.75
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