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Registration & Tonnage Plates???

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  • March 29, 2013 10:50 AM
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    Does anybody know where I can get registration/tonnage plates (bronze or other metal) done for my boat (preferably in Canada/USA)? My boat is 'Blue Book' registered, but I still need the reg/ton plate down below on a bulkhead (minimum 10cm).
    Rob
  • March 29, 2013 9:41 PM
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    Not exactlysure what you are asking but if it is just an engraved plate, try a trophy shop.  Normally there are requirements at to letter size that would make a bronze plate too expensive.  My boat number is routed into wood with 3" numbers and letters. (canadian), I am in process of documenting in the US and when that comes through 5 months hence, the new numbers will be affixed as required by the uscg.

     

     
  • March 30, 2013 6:04 AM
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    Bruce,

    Is it difficult to re-document a boat with the US coast guard? My boat was documented but its expired and I have read its tricky to document a boat. 
  • March 30, 2013 9:03 PM
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    On the contrary, it is easy to bring a document up to date, if the boat has already been documented.  The Coast Guard has the forms to do so.

    The difficult part is to document a used boat that has been State Registered.  It can be done though, but you need a builders certificate to prove the boat was built in the US, and have the proper dimensions.  I have that information available if anyone needs it.
  • March 30, 2013 11:58 PM
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    Bud is correct.  All you need to do is send the right forms and some money.  For me it is a different story.  My boat was documented in Canada.  I had to get a 'certificate of deletion' from their registry, then apply for US documentation.  This was done in late January and I will not know if I sent in all the right stuff for probably two more months.  The USCG site is pretty helpful.  If you have your boats 'birth certificate' do not lose it.  It is worth its weight in gold. 
  • March 31, 2013 12:00 AM
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    One thing i failed to mention.  If a boat has been documented in the US.  That is the number that stays with that boat forever.  You don't get a 'new' number.  You just pay to be 'current'  with the number that was originally assigned.
  • March 31, 2013 3:52 PM
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    Just my two cents but speaking of the bronze plate, I believe it is supposed to be in a place that is integral to the boat so that it cannot be removed easily.

    Here is the info from the coast guard documentation faq page

    HOW DO I MARK MY VESSEL?

    The official number assigned to documented vessels, preceded by the abbreviation "NO." must be marked in block-type Arabic numerals at least three inches high on some clearly visible interior structural part of the hull. The number must be permanently affixed so that alteration, removal, or replacement would be obvious and cause some scarring or damage to the surrounding hull area.

    I don't know if the bronze plate would fulfill this requirement. But I'm sure others here have experience in this matter. Our boat was registered in Michigan and I found it a very easy process to redocument it also.
  • April 01, 2013 8:46 AM
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    The teak board with the numbers routed into it fell off a few weeks ago and was found lying on top of the engine.  It will be reattached with new adhesive.  But it is insufficient merely to screw it onto the boat -- it has to be a permanent fixture.  The boat is USCG documented and is being moved to Canada; however, I intend keeping it USCG documented.

    Ralph

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  • April 01, 2013 10:22 AM
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    When I CXL'd the US registration and went Canadian I had to either remove or cover the existing with new. 

    Since it would have done "obvious damage" to remove them, I went with covering. I found wood numbers/letters at a craft store (Michael's) and got some cold cure epoxy and a few strips of glass cloth. 

    It was pretty easy to cover the old with a few layers, then I used a spray adhesive on the back of the letters, lined them up on another strip (watch out, the glue goes through the cloth) and let them set, and the stuck them on, and covered that with a few more sheets of cloth/epoxy. Turned out ok. 
  • April 03, 2013 6:31 AM
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    Another trick I have seen for the document numbers is to use black letters and numbers stuck to the fiberglass in a locker, and covered over with a layer of clear fiberglass cloth and resin.

    The brass plaques quite often found on a boat are the builders plaque, denoting the name of the boat, hull number, owners name, date of build, builder, etc.  When I was custom building, I always installed one on the main bulkhead, using an engraved brass plate..
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