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HOWEVER, as I recall from many a painful experience (including one in particular and shared by Jeffsod) , You still should have gotten a title with the canoe. ( Anything 14' and over as I recall). Without YOU having a  title in hand, you cannot  legally sell it to the next guy. Furthermore, he cannot ever register it without having to go back to the last guy who had it registered.. ( Read: It's worth less in resale AND can make life hard latter.)  It's a real PITA . Especially when talking about a $75 canoe. ........ I would call DEM and find out how to do it right., they are pretty helpful. 

It's been a while since I owned one but arn't the Raddisons/Sports pals, JUST under 14'?  If so, life gets easy again.  

p.s. Does this mean youve retired/sold off the Old Town Pac ?

WetFlyAction wrote:

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If it is not motorized, it does not need to be registered.
Under/over 14 feet only effects the price of the registration, not the need for it.
If it was a trolling motor, it probably wasn't 4hp. 50lb thrust = approx 1hp.
There is nothing on the state's website about "intended to be motorized", just a statement that boats need to be registered even if the motor is not the primary means of power, which refers to sailboats with motors for backup.
They have electric motors up to 5hp last time I checked, they have to draw the line somewhere and IMO anything motorized makes as much sense as any other standard.
I hope this is helpful.

Your correct in that  Over /under 14' does not affect need for registration only price. ( I pay ALLOT for my 17'3" OT square stern!)  It DOES affect need for title and ability to register.  Lack of title WILL keep you from getting it registered if it is over 14'. Technically, it's even illegal to buy a boat over 14' in MA without the title or certificate of origin.   Having spent allot of time buying , selling and owning (dozens) of small boats, I have learned how anal the state is on this issue  all to well.


p.s. Also in the interest of clarity, while it is impossable to equate thrust to Hp, the general industry rule of thumb is that 15.5 # thrust is equivilant to the thrust produced by a  similarly propped 1 hp gas motor. Electrics do not really compete with gas engines for allot fo reasons. Mainly electrics are rigged for pulling power with very flat pitched blades while gas engines are propped with faster pitch's for a mix of speed and power. . i.e You will never get a commercial 4 hp "trolling motor" to produce the speed of even a  3 hp gas engine.