death and taxes a sure thing

Well - progress slowed to a crawl when both my inlaws died 17 days apart this spring.  We are just now getting back to a normal routine around here.  The boat had to be moved from the garage to an outside location to make room for all the stuff from my inlaws apartment. 

Last week, I went had the Massachusetts Enviromental Police come and inspect the boat to ensure that it was indeed a boat, and that it was mine.  He assigned it a serial number that will eventually be part of a builders plate riveted to the hull.  The next step is to take that document with the serial number on it to the division of taxation along with all of my receipts from the build.  Interestingly enough, I had to still pay tax on the materials I purchased online out of state.  A whopping bill of $13.42.  Then, you walk across the hallway to the Division of Recreational vehicles to get your registration number (this is different from the serial number) that allows other people to see what state you are from and identify you from a distance.  The nice woman at the DRV selected MS 2009 DJ as my number.  I ask you, "How cool is that?" 

vanity hull numbers?

Paint is next.

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