Welcome to the 2007 boating season. To insure that all boaters are incompliance with the Quincy Ordinances, I have put together the following list of steps to follow to insure that you receive your mooring permit.

First, if you are new to the waters of Quincy, please make sure that you fill out a 2BE-1State Tax form at the Quincy Assessors Office. This is a boat declaration form, naming your homeport for tax purposes. While at city hall you can fill out the 2007 Mooring Permit and leave it with the tax collectors office where I will pick them up for processing.

If you have been moored in Quincy in the past you should have received an Excise Tax Bill, all boaters that are on the list for Excise will receive a mooring permit with their tax bill. If you need a copy of the permit, some will be available at local yacht club and marinas. You must file a Mooring Permit application every year. The harbormasters office will only issues permits when the taxes have been paid. If you did not receive a tax bill, it is your responsibility to insure that your taxes are paid. Any vessel that has been sold must be removed from the list by the owner. You must call the Environment Police and cancel the vessels registration. If the registration has expired it does not remove you from the list, you still must remove the vessel from the list. Please again remember, if you have a vessel registered in your name, you will receive a tax bill until you cancel the registration. Boats sold, destroyed or transferred to another state will receive a bill if you do not cancel the registration.

Second, when registering you vessel you can declare a homeport, this is where you moor your vessel not where it is registered from. This information is helpful with the issuing of tax bills. The Harbormasters Office will try to answer all of your questions. You may call 617.376.1219 and leave your number and questions. We will return your call as soon as possible.

Third, the Quincy Police Marine Unit will be running boater safety classes at the Houghs Neck Maritime Center. Call for times and dates. You can also check the Environmental Police web site for other class locations. Boaters are asked to attend a safe boating course to insure that proper boating etiquette and the rules of the road are understood. Have a safe summer!

Thank you,
Patrick F. Morrissey
Harbormaster