T&T: Boater ID

[Bob Peterson]

Mark, re "But a real address is necessary for such things as boat
registration and drivers license renewals", in California, that's not true!
My Cal Drivers License lists my PO box as my address.  My U.S. Documentation
for the boat lists my PO box as our address.  For the few who ask about it,
I simply explain that the US Post Office does not deliver to individual
slips in our marina, since they don't have keys to access the place; so we
use a PO box.  That seems to satisfy everyone, except FedEx and UPS drivers!


Bob Peterson
"Lopaka Nane"
47' Lien Hwa CPMY
San Francisco

-----Original Message-----
From: trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces at lists.samurai.com
[mailto:trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces at lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Richter
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 6:50 AM
To: 'T&T LIST'
Subject: Re: T&T: Boater ID

<< But do remember, that for those of us who actually cruise full-time, we
don't really have a reliable home address.  If they take PO boxes, I guess
that would work, but genuine liveaboard full-time cruisers are seldom at any
printed address.>>

One thing I learned early-on in full time cruising; you need a home address
to give to  various government and corporate powers.  You don't really want
to have to explain the cruising lifestyle to these types, and it wouldn't
help, anyway.  The nearest  lifestyle most of them are aware of is a
homeless person, (probably insane, a drug addict, and a criminal), and you
don't want to be treated like one.

For 8 years I used my parent's address in Orange City, FL.  If you don't
file a change of address with the post office, you won't get much junk mail
there.  But a real address is necessary for such things as boat registration
and drivers license renewals.

Mark Richter, m/v Winnie the Pooh, 46' converted sail; Ortona, FL