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fees, call the Coast Guard at 1-800-799-8362 or visit their internet site at www.uscg.gov .
The following notes and references are made for your information and convenience. They should in
no way be construed as complete and detailed instructions:
USCG Documentation Procedures
Pleasure Class: Under 20 tons requires a Yacht License. Twenty tons and over requires a certificate of
Enrollment and a Yacht License.
Application for Admeasurement requires a Builder's Certificate issued by the builder on the
prescribed Coast Guard form. This certificate will be retained by the Coast Guard with certified
copies available to the owner.
Admeasurement The admeasurer uses data in the Builder's Certificate (BC) to compute net tonnage.
Gross Tonnage = 1/2 (LBD/100)
Net Tonnage = 0.9 (Gross Tonnage)
where: L = Length, B = Breadth, and D = Depth
Official Number - After admeasurement, your certificate of tonnage, application is made for an
official number. Title and mortgage papers are required.
Additional Forms which may be needed include:
Applications for number
Declaration of Ownership and/or Extent of interest
Identification of Owner's or Existing Mortgages
Declaration of No Foreign Interest involved
Declaration of Master of Vessel
Declaration No freight or Commercial Passengers to be Carried on Board.
Designated Home Port-Licensing Office.
Designated Hailing Port-Berth Marking Certificate