[salty dog]

My wife and I are from Beverly but in the past couple of years have started doing all our boating and most vacationing at Winnipesaukee. We're keeping the boat at Andrew's at Minge Cove. We were up for a week earlier in July and decided it was time to purchase a much newer (read more reliable) model retiring the old Wellcraft. As my wife would remind me, it was never "well" from the day I bought it. At any rate, we made purchase at Irwins, turning the Wellcraft in for consignment. It really was easier working with a dealer with all the paper work and reg forms. The former owner had hardly used the boat and was not re-purchasing so we got to keep the bow numbers. The trailer was rated 3000 lbs so no title was needed. Irwin processed all the paper work and we just paid them the reg fee for 2013. The former owner had a lien which will be settled with their bank sending the certificate to our bank. We'll receive it when our loan is paid. Since the boat will never leave NH, there is no paper work or fees to be paid to MA. However the trailer has to be registered in my home town of Beverly as a storage address with sales tax paid. Irwin gave me a temp plate, even though I didn't need it except to get back to Alton. The state doesn't care if there's a boat on it because the boat doesn't operate on the highway, only the trailer does. Then I just pay the yearly plate/sticker fee. Bottom line, we were very happy to have the dealer to walk us through the whole transaction.