[jsoderbe]

Hi,

Does anyone here know how to check a boats history?

The story is that I got a boat for free. A guy living 10 minutes from my vacation home in Pompano Beach had some bad luck, and his boat sank at his dock behind the house. He had an old WTS ad that I called on, and spoke to his wife. They had just decided they wouldnt spend a dime more on it, and offered it to me for free if I removed it. The boat was refloated, it has salvageable parts on it and is probably worth some money as-is.

I dont know them but they seem to be nice people.

The problem is that I only got a Bill of Sale signed by is wife on his behalf, and a copy of the title together with their BoS from two years ago. The guy is traveling but I got his concent over email. They cant seem to find the original title, and have honestly said they gave it away as a parts boat and dont want to spend more time or money on getting me a new title.

So, since I am not too much into the laws in the US, I was hoping that someone here could tell me if I could get any problems from this deal? Before I pick it up?

Only other thing I checked is that I pulled a report from boathistoryreport.com, I guess it is a boat version of carfax, and it turned up clean.

Any help would be very appreciated!


Regards,

Johan