How do you give half a boat away?

Sell it to him for 1p with all the usual documentation that goes with the sale. I think boat ownrship is still in 64ths, although I am open to a more up to date contradiction. You will therefore being selling thirty two 64ths to him.
 
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asssuming he wants a stake in the bottomless money-pit!

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A gril with a HR 342...Well if he doesnt, sign me up!
 
If the boat is Part 1 registered, you can simply re-register it in both your names - joint ownership. There would be a fee involved, of course.

No idea about SSR
 
Good point SAWDOC but the next move is likely to be a downgrade I expect! For 1 pence it's a bit of a bargain. I thought if it was half his he wouldn't be so begrudging about coming onboard and might say some nice things about her for once. What did I go to deserve such a grumpy old man....the rest of the Scuttlebutter men seem much more reasonable
 
He needs to be on the bill of sale, the registration, either Part 1 or SSR is not proof of ownership....... get a marine lawyer to draw up a bill of sale passing 32/64ths of the boat from yourself to him.... he would best advise if this can be a gift or if there has to be some consideration.... I am not sure that a 1p fee for the conisderation would be valid in a court.....
 
Sell 31/64ths for "one pound and other consideration" and then register as majority owner. Makes any unravelling and important future decisions much easier.
You can get a 'boiler plate' bill of sale from somewhere
Oh and get the pound and issue a receipt, pay the pound into a bank account!
 
I find it difficult to imagine a man posting the same question. What happens if you decide to upgrade?
I have upgraded SWMBO a number of times since my divorce. Very happy with the present one but I said that about one of the previous ones.
Allan
 
Forget the bullshit, just tell him its half his as a gift. This is what I did with mine. She was delighted, and we went on to spend a whole heap more on sailing. Result.

If you both have the integrity to keep your word, then your word is your bond.

Here's is 1/2 the first boat....

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...and here's the boat she forced us to buy a bit later......


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and, no , we werent married or even engaged at the time.
 
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If you both have the integrity to keep your word, then your word is your bond.

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That lets me out then!!!!
Allan
 
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I thought if it was half his he wouldn't be so begrudging about coming onboard and might say some nice things about her for once. What did I go to deserve such a grumpy old man....the rest of the Scuttlebutter men seem much more reasonable

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Well i don't know - we seem to have our fair share of grumps around here as well.
May I suggest you are using a blunt instrument here with the probable result that you will give away more than you gain. I suggest sitting back and reflecting for a while.
What kind of sailing are you doing?
It could be that you need to build something into the sail/cruise/whatever/ to get him interested -be that a shorter cruise, perhaps a nice seafood lunch - interesting company either on board or across the pontoon. What about your own skippering style ? Do you make him feel like a valuable crew member or a little boy trotting around your boat? At the end of the day if he doesn't enjoy it you are not going to ejoy having him on board. Why not sail with someone else - that might make him come around!
 
Giving half the boat away is easy. I'm not an accountant but I'd adise talking to one if you're not married to HWMBO. If you are then you transfer between a married couple is free of tax implications. If not then there may be tax implications, especially if something were to happen to you (hopefully not of course) within 7 years of the gift.
 
To all those who said sell/give half the shares - DON'T DO IT.

If one of you dies the boat is considered to have changed hands and becomes liable for all sorts of officialdom - taxes, RCD etc.

You should both own all 64 shares jointly then the survivor continues to own the boat without change of ownership.
 
Dear woosle, thats just the sort of pre nup and tax crap that our wunnerful government has forced us into thinking.

Be more free spirited. If there is a tax implication, so what? The gift is the thing here, and it would be woefully de-sparkled as a gift if you have to visit both solicitor and accountant just to do it.

Where has the spark of spontaneity gone? Not everything should be meaured in pounds shillings and pence.

Stuff the taxman.
Hurrah for freedoms.
 
Many thanks for the words of wisdom. Not that there's been much consensus as to best way forward...! And no we're not married.

He's the skipper and a far more experienced sailor than me so the problem isn't him being bossed around on board....promise! Just can't get him to forgive me for being so rash in buying her. He'd been promising we would buy a boat together for ages, I only got into sailing through him, but he always got cold feet the minute we agreed on any particular one. I finally cracked and just did the very expensive deed without him, preferring a boat to a smarter/bigger house or other luxury, and I don't think the shock has worn off him yet. He's also a workaholic and won't take time off to sail.

Despite my day-job, seems I'm no good at handling my own relationships.

FullCircle - having read your posts for the last couple of years I'm very envious of how you and SWMBO have things so well sorted. Wedding pics aboard were lovely.

I'll make a note of the generous offers above...it would serve him right! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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