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muskyrat

Posted 2/9/2014 8:14 AM (#690405 - in reply to #690148)
Subject: RE: questions about tuffy boats and their 18 foot renegade

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To be honest as long is the motor is under 150hp I don't think you are breaking the law. There is no law I`m aware of that says the owner of a boat can not convert from tiller to console and visa versa. You go by the plate that came on the boat. What can law enforcement do? The motor is within the capacities on the plate period. There is no law I`m aware of that says you have to reduce horsepower as a private boat owner when converting to tiller. You don`t get the boat retested by the coastguard just because you changed motor style. So while they can`t sell you the boat with a 150 tiller there is nothing that's says you can`t just switch motor styles. Please note I`m not a lawyer but if you don`t exceed the plate hp rating someone would have a hard time proving that you should have known to reduce the hp when converting to a tiller.