Comments on: Green Boating http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/04/green-boating/ Online Guide to Cottage Living Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: RunningCar http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/04/green-boating/#comment-1064 RunningCar Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:37:43 +0000 http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/04/green-boating/#comment-1064 You will require clear title for the boat and the trailer. You need a letter from the manufacturer of the trailer that there are no open recalls on it. You also need a certificate of origin. If the boat and trailer are not built in Canada or the US, its a different ball game again. When you get to the border you need to go in and fill out a F1 form I think it's called. You need to pay your GST here too. The serial number on the trailer is inspected at this point too. When you get home, you go to www.riv.ca and pay about $204.60 to the import vehicle dept. They send you some paperwork and then you go to Canadian Tire who then just walk out and look at the serial number and then you're set to be able to register your trailer. Then you need to get some numbers for your boat. I'm not sure about BC but in Alberta, there's an office at the border in Coutts that handle that. You missed the boat so to speak on deals for this season. You need to be buying in November and December. This is now prime time and I'm getting tons of action on my stuff and the prices are at their highest level of the season. You will require clear title for the boat and the trailer. You need a letter from the manufacturer of the trailer that there are no open recalls on it. You also need a certificate of origin. If the boat and trailer are not built in Canada or the US, its a different ball game again. When you get to the border you need to go in and fill out a F1 form I think it’s called. You need to pay your GST here too. The serial number on the trailer is inspected at this point too. When you get home, you go to www.riv.ca and pay about $204.60 to the import vehicle dept. They send you some paperwork and then you go to Canadian Tire who then just walk out and look at the serial number and then you’re set to be able to register your trailer. Then you need to get some numbers for your boat. I’m not sure about BC but in Alberta, there’s an office at the border in Coutts that handle that. You missed the boat so to speak on deals for this season. You need to be buying in November and December. This is now prime time and I’m getting tons of action on my stuff and the prices are at their highest level of the season.

]]> By: Julie http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/04/green-boating/#comment-1063 Julie Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:02:37 +0000 http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/04/green-boating/#comment-1063 LOL, you're too funny. Yes the writing is on the wall for our old boat I'm afraid. Bill has started looking on Boats.com, we think we can get a good boat south of the border, which is only three hours for us. I appreciate your comments on the paperwork involved with bringing a boat across the border, but I think financially it will be worth while for us. Cheers, Jules LOL, you’re too funny. Yes the writing is on the wall for our old boat I’m afraid. Bill has started looking on Boats.com, we think we can get a good boat south of the border, which is only three hours for us. I appreciate your comments on the paperwork involved with bringing a boat across the border, but I think financially it will be worth while for us.

Cheers,
Jules

]]> By: RunningCar http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/04/green-boating/#comment-1062 RunningCar Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:50:04 +0000 http://cottagedaily.com/2008/03/04/green-boating/#comment-1062 Jules, Even though we probably have the most horse power on our lake in our jet ski and wakeboard boat, everything we own is now 4 stroke. The 9.9 we have on the fishing boat is still on the first tank of gas last year. It's not because we don't use it either. It's a fuel miser. Our area doesn't even allow fueling on the water now. It's just a matter of time before 2 strokes are going to start to be banned on some waterways. Here in Alberta we're seeing more and more lakes that have banned gas engines period. Better start puming iron if I'm going to pull the kids out of the water on the wakeboard behind the kayak!!! Jules,
Even though we probably have the most horse power on our lake in our jet ski and wakeboard boat, everything we own is now 4 stroke. The 9.9 we have on the fishing boat is still on the first tank of gas last year. It’s not because we don’t use it either. It’s a fuel miser. Our area doesn’t even allow fueling on the water now. It’s just a matter of time before 2 strokes are going to start to be banned on some waterways. Here in Alberta we’re seeing more and more lakes that have banned gas engines period. Better start puming iron if I’m going to pull the kids out of the water on the wakeboard behind the kayak!!!

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