I have a 16ft. Aluminum Mirrocrft Skiff. 15yrs old I woudl guess. It was under my house when I bought it. I have checked it out, it is water tight ( I filled it from the hose. Tight as a drum) The seats are kind of rusted out, and it has no registration.
I want to get the mighty vessel OTW this year. What kind of water can this sucker handle? Motor size?
Any general advise woudl be great.

As someone who went through a nightmare last year with the environmental police and the registry. Make sure you can get a vin and it has a clear title. You need to be able to do a rubbing of the vin on the transome. They are not friendly at the registry also. Someone 'cloned' my boat last year and they tried to tell me that I had sold it. They just sent my title to some other person who had forged a bunch of doc's and it took a long time to get it sorted... In my many visits to the rmv, I saw tons of people turned away b/c they had old boats that were sitting around and no title and documentation for them....

25 HP, anywhere you want to go. I use a 15 hp on a 14 foot mirrorcraft and I have had more fun over the years in that tin boat than my larger glass boat. I have gone several miles off shore at times when the weather allows, but the shallows is where the thing shines. Just use common sense. Paul

FYI the Hyannis registry is worth the drive. friendly service, free parking, and you can pay sales tax in the same building. I will NEVER go back to Boston

I'll second the Hyannis Registry as well. They are very helpful in these types of situations. Tin boats are good!:hihi:

FYI the Hyannis registry is worth the drive. friendly service, free parking, and you can pay sales tax in the same building. I will NEVER go back to Boston
that is good to know.

I know in CT its been recommended you register the boat as homemade, and pay for the new VIN, boat cert., etc., instead of going through the hassle of re-registering w/o proper paperwork.

I use to go to boston and they suck, so does Fall river! But I live on the Cape and Hyannis rocks!
I had a 17 foot boat, I made sure the numbers were not on the boat, then I said I bought the boat in RI and did not have a title. No inpsection at all, they issued me a new number and all set. Just need a bill of sale from RI with a friend that will say it was his grandfathers and has been sitting for years, and that he sold it to you.

25 HP, anywhere you want to go. I use a 15 hp on a 14 foot mirrorcraft and I have had more fun over the years in that tin boat than my larger glass boat. I have gone several miles off shore at times when the weather allows, but the shallows is where the thing shines. Just use common sense. Paul

Paul is right on....

I ran a 14 footer with a 25HP in boston harbor for years:gf:
for cheep money I made a center console out of wood and mounted it to the middle seat.
that boat smelled like fish:hihi:
Good luck...

Paul is right on....

I ran a 14 footer with a 25HP in boston harbor for years:gf:
for cheep money I made a center console out of wood and mounted it to the middle seat.
that boat smelled like fish:hihi:
Good luck...


Nice avatar Frank !!!

Thanks Ron,
Thats me in my "happy place"

what the guys said about rmv. is true ...lots of paper work w/ a old boat w/ no IDs... if u mean it . rebuild the boat complety one time .dont just nickel, dime the job. do it right once.as for a motor ,your 15 ft er ,least 15hp most 30. i fish w/ a friend whos tin boat is 38 yrs oldthe last owner was a guy named Frank Woolner ,do u know the name?????