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Eisboch

"IanM" wrote in message
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:41:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I just registered my boat in AZ, and these guys are a lot stricter
than CA. In CA they just used the serial number stamped on by Sears
in the 70s as the hull number. In AZ they said that isn't a hull
number and I need to put one on my boat. It is just a 12' aluminum
jon boat.

How would one go about attaching this number? The woman said I should
use a metal punch, but I don't own one and wouldn't use it for
anything else (not that I don't buy tools on a whim most of the time).

The law in AZ states: Burned, Carved, Stamped, Embossed, Molded,
Bonded, or otherwise permantently affixed to the watercraft so that
alteration, removal, or replacement would be obvious.

The boat has so many holes in it, I don't think it would be obvious
that it was removed no matter what I did... but I don't care so much
about that, just want to be legal enough that they won't hassle me
about it. O-ya, and the letters need to be at least 1/4", and the one
metal punch kit I did see was only 3/16" (I've only seen them on-line,
not in any local stores, which is another hassle).

O-well, the paper says I have 30 days to do this, so I'm still going
fishing this weekend! =]

Write it somewhere with a magic marker. If they argue, Show them the
magic marker you used, which has the word "permanent" printed on the
label.

get a template for 1/2 inch high numbers and an electic engraving tool, or
get a shop that does engraving to make up an aluminum plaque, and bond it
on with 5200, with both surfaces freshly sanded.

That will do it. Or .... here in MA (also has very strick regulations
regarding having a HIV number on the transom), a thin metal plate with the
HIV number stamped into it and then pop riveted to the transom is
acceptable.

The new rigid hull inflatable I just bought was done that way and was
acceptable for registration purposes.

Eisboch