Have you been researching a vessel that you’re interested in, yet you don’t feel like you can trust any of the information sources you’ve come across? Does it seem like there’s no way to find out exactly what the real history of a vessel is? When considering buying a vessel, you need to know absolutely…
Want to find out more about a vessel but don’t trust online sources? Have you narrowed your search down to a couple vessels that you really like, yet want to have as much information as possible? No one wants to spend the money on a vessel without being in possession of all of the facts.…
An abstract of title refers to the record of all documents that have been submitted to the United States Coast Guard for one particular vessel. This abstract will only list the information that has been provided to the Coast Guard during the time the boat in question was registered, which means that there are probably…
Have you been researching a vessel that’s somewhere other than America and aren’t sure what information you can trust? Did you try filing an “Abstract of Title” on a boat in the United Kingdom and find that it isn’t applicable? This is something that happens more often than you might think. At the Maritime Documentation…
As you go about researching a vessel, does it feel like you can’t trust the information you’ve found about it? Have you been talking to someone about buying their vessel, yet everything they tell you seems “too good to be true?” When it comes to purchasing a vessel, you can’t be too careful. You want…
Have you been trying to learn all you can about a vessel for a prospective purchase? Are you concerned that, once you purchase the vessel, you’re going to find something out that makes it a bad decision in retrospect? These are common concerns that people in your position have had for decades if not centuries.…