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Originally Posted by Hippocampus
We bought and documented our boat in Rhode Island. No sales tax. View the decision as to state residency is an independent decision.
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I agree but it could be different if one is domiciled in Florida. My understanding (which could be wrong) is that if you cruise into Florida, as a Florida-domiciled person, they expect you to have the boat registered in FL (even if it documented).
I'm in the typing box, so can't read the OP, but I think they were going to be cruising in Florida.
On the sales tax, I think if you have owned the boat (5 years?) and paid sales tax in your (former) home state then FL doesn't take any new.
I do agree that there is more to think about than just "no state income tax!"
OP: I just happened to run across this this evening because I was looking to read about a refrigerator mod they made. Anyway, they were long time CT residents - like you - and moved their domicile to Florida (they now cruise full time). They made the move in 2017. Here is a link. Note that I would say they are "domiciled," but many say resident as it's a more familiar term.
https://esc-pod.com/becoming-a-florida-resident/