One way around this puzzle would be to buy a dead boat of the same model that IS registered, then blend the parts together as a hybrid boat, under the registered boat's papers. You may have to re-etch the hull I.D. -That might be considered a type of forgery, but it is probably not provable if you don't blab about what you did. Or you could just resin it over as part of a re-hab and plead dumb, if asked. The only REAL problem is, this kind of stuff works with stolen boats, too. If low-lifers wouldn't steal things, the world would be a lot less complicated.