We also spent hours looking at the other statistics for similar size boats to rank their cost, speed, and max horsepower by boat size as as well. Here are some averages to go by: Average Weight Limit of a 10 Foot Jon BoatĪ 10 foot Jon Boat will on average weigh about 100 pounds (45 kilos) not including the motor, and hold around 300-350 pounds (150 kilos) of people and gear. As such, there is a broad range of performance when it comes to carrying capacity. Most Jon Boats are between 10 and 20 feet in length and can carry 350 to 1900 pounds of people and gear. The bigger the boat, the more water it displaces and, generally speaking, the more it can carry. The carrying capacity of your boat is based on the weight of the water that the boat itself displaces. Of course, the specifics of your Jon Boat will vary largely based on the length and size of the boat. I'm just playing Devil's advocate.In short, most Jon Boats weigh around 200 pounds (90 kilos) not including the motor, and hold around 650 pounds (300 kilos) of people and gear. Obviously I'm not familiar with laws back east, much less with the boat under discussion. So as long as the owners stayed away from the waters where tourists like to blast around drunk and the law likes to catch them at it, it's a pretty safe bet no one would ever have noticed (or cared) that they were fishing the backwaters using an unregistered boat with a trolling motor on it. The California DMV says boats propelled by oars or paddles (and presumably poles.) don't have to be registered, regardless of size. I don't know how things are on the east coast, but out here I wouldn't be at all surprised to run into an old aluminum Jon boat that's been flying under the legal radar for thirty or forty years. Or any indication that the capacity tag is any newer than the rest of the boat. Is there any guarantee that boat was built after 1973? It looks pretty weathered and well-used, and I don't see a bright spot where anything was removed from the transom. It's very possible the previous owner doesn't actually own the boat, because it's still registered in the name of someone else. One usually goes hand in hand with the other, so someone is blowing smoke up someone's butt. Lastly, if the previous owner never registered the boat, he still had to do a title transfer. My understanding of MA boat registration requirements is all motorized boats, except USCG documented, must be registered, unless it's a visiting boat (out of state registry). If you get anything other then "sure, here they are" walk away. If you want to be safe, ask for a title and registration for the boat. This sort of thing happens all the time by folks that haven't much experience with boat registration processes. Guess who gets dragged down to the police station. Being cops at heart, they'll assume (correctly so most of the time) that it's stolen. The local sheriff or Harbor Patrol will assumed someone is trying to apply for different registration numbers or that it's stolen. Simply put, the boat looks newer then a 1973 and coupled with the lack of registration number means it'll be a real pain in the butt to get a registration or title for (you can preform a title search and file an abandoned vessel claim). Even if it was built before 1973, it would still have a registration number on it flanks. It also appears this boat has had it's registration numbers removed. What else I find suspicious, is all boats in the USA will have an affixed HIN, if built after the fall of 1973. A 3.5 HP rating, on a boat that could easily handle a 20 HP outboard suggests someone is trying to beat a rule or minimum HP law.
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