Planning to move the boat from WA to east coast and cruise the east coast for a few years. Anyone have recommendations as to whether it is better to leave the boat registered in WA or register the boat in another state ?
I believe you have three months in any state before you are required to register in that state.
I understand your sentiment but I feel you are penny pinching on the wrong things. Pay the bucks and they will leave you alone.
My 10 metre yacht cost me $300 to register in Queensland.
Be assured the Fishing and Boating Patrol will harass you and they are not worse than cops, they ARE cops.
Select to expand quoteDonk107 said...
Hi Zilla
The cost to register a boat in Tassie is $88
regards Dom
That is what it costs me to register my 10 foot tinnie. My yacht does not require a boat ramp, is flat out at 6 knots under power, is more environmentally friendly than my tinnie and costs me $300 a year to register.
How does that work????
Select to expand quotecisco said... Donk107 said...
Hi Zilla
The cost to register a boat in Tassie is $88
regards Dom
That is what it costs me to register my 10 foot tinnie. My yacht does not require a boat ramp, is flat out at 6 knots under power, is more environmentally friendly than my tinnie and costs me $300 a year to register.
How does that work????
Hi Cisco
in Tassie if your tender is less than 4.5 meters long and is used no further than 1/2 nm from your yacht it doesn't need separate rego
regards Don
I paid $103 last year in NSW, but I get it half price cause I'm getting old and have a small Veterans Affairs pension. No tinnie/tender rego here.
Select to expand quotecisco said...
I believe you have three months in any state before you are required to register in that state.
I understand your sentiment but I feel you are penny pinching on the wrong things. Pay the bucks and they will leave you alone.
My 10 metre yacht cost me $300 to register in Queensland.
Be assured the Fishing and Boating Patrol will harass you and they are not worse than cops, they ARE cops.
If you are a genuine cruising sailor, but intend to spend more then 3 months sailing -say- the QLD Coast, surely you won't be expected re-register your boat 
From the MSQ website ...... http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Registration/Recreational-ships.aspx
Interstate and overseas registration Recreational ships with valid interstate or overseas registration can operate in Queensland.
Up to 1 year if the boat has current registration from a foreign country
While on interstate voyages if the boat has current registration from another state.
If you are just visiting Queensland you still need to comply with marine laws like speed limits and marine zones and so on. Check this website for details on what laws you have to follow when operating in Queensland. If your boat is over 15m in length, make sure you have ship insurance. If you move to Queensland from another state or territory, or your interstate or foreign registration expires, you must register the boat in Queensland.
The way I read that is that if you have interstate rego there is no requirement to have Qld. rego as well. The thing, I imagine is to maintain an interstate home address as well to support the interstate rego.
On tenders in Qld.
Tenders to registered recreational ships are exempt from registration if they are only used within 2 nautical miles of the parent ship and the tender is being used to transport people or provisions between the ship and the shore. This does not include fishing or sightseeing activities. The tender must be marked on the exterior with the word 'tender' and the parent ship registration numbers, at least 75mm high. If this is not possible, markings should be on the inside of the boat in the largest characters possible.
same web site as above
Select to expand quoteMorningBird said...
I paid $103 last year in NSW, but I get it half price cause I'm getting old and have a small Veterans Affairs pension. No tinnie/tender rego here.
Oh, you poor bugger. I will send you a food voucher in the mail. 
I had my previous boat registered in SA.
It was cheap and your home address can be anywhere in AUS .
Dingy rego is very confusing, each state has very different rules.
Just a few week ago try to register dingy in QLD.
3 HP outboard...no need to rego. / think they mention under 4 HP no rego /
Select to expand quotecisco said... MorningBird said...
I paid $103 last year in NSW, but I get it half price cause I'm getting old and have a small Veterans Affairs pension. No tinnie/tender rego here.
Oh, you poor bugger. I will send you a food voucher in the mail.
I pay less than Morningbird because I'm out side the metropolitan area! NSW has far more benefits for pensioners.
FYI, $385 for an 11.3 vessel in SA (of which 1/3 of is "facilities levy"). Tenders with a motor require a separate reggo, which, IMO, is just nonsense.
Registration requirement for tenders has got to be a revenue bluff. I am sure it could be argued down in a court of law.
Man has a natural law right to be a seafarer, farmer or city dweller and governments have no right or cause to charge taxes based on choice of way of living.
Phuck 'em I say.
Select to expand quotecisco said...
Registration requirement for tenders has got to be a revenue bluff. I am sure it could be argued down in a court of law.
Man has a natural law right to be a seafarer, farmer or city dweller and governments have no right or cause to charge taxes based on choice of way of living.
Phuck 'em I say.
with you living in Qld. you already are phuck'n em, your tender is free of rego.
Select to expand quoteLooseChange said...
with you living in Qld. you already are phuck'n em, your tender is free of rego.
As it should be in all Australian States and worldwide if the vessel in question is the primary in the transfer of crew from ship to shore.
I believe our government is trying to get rid of natural seafarers. It smacks too much of freedom for their petty minds to conceive of.
Governments hate freedom loving people (which seafarers are) because they can't control or dominate them and mostly they don't contribute anything to the government coffers, either regularly or often.
Select to expand quoteLooseChange said...
Governments hate freedom loving people (which seafarers are) because they can't control or dominate them and mostly they don't contribute anything to the government coffers, either regularly or often.
Funny thing is the stuff politicians _should_ be legislating, at least in SA, such as fishing licenses, they don't. Here you go out and catch a mountain of fish - since the quotas are ridiculously generous - without paying a cent. And even then the quotas are hardly enforced. Instead, they'd rather fine some poor unfortunate because they neglected to license their tender 
Your conspiracy theories are giving governments far too much credit for rational decision making. They aren't that smart.
Select to expand quoteMorningBird said...
Your conspiracy theories are giving governments far too much credit for rational decision making. They aren't that smart.
Yup, you're right, they aren't that smart .....but just smart enough to know how to steal from you an me and make us think we got something good out of the deal.
Yes there is Don. Your electricity bill pays for the compensation paid to wind farms so they can turn a profit. Therefore you are paying for the wind, a wind tax.
