I think I can support all these goals! Count me in. The issue of ‘business boats’ is very tricky these days, as large ‘pleasure’ boats are often setup as businesses as they have commercial crew and only occasionally charter, usually with said crew. As mentioned in the article, the America’s Cup racers fall into this category. While these are also yachts for the superrich, they do employ regular folks who aren’t. And allowing them to stay longer in the Sound benefits our marine trade industry, which provides real working wages for regular folks in PA and PT, for example.
One of the Northwest Marine Trade Association’s legislative priorities is HB 1904 which would allow visiting boats to stay in Washington longer; along with laws streamlining paperwork for boatyards to install water treatment systems and protecting boaters from additional taxes when trading up.