>> >will remove serial numbers when they sell some of their rental fleet. >> >Is that correct? > >> I have never heard of this and suspect that removing or altering the Coast >> Guard number is illegal. > >Coast Guard number? What coast guard number? > All vessels in the US (and from other parts of the world) are supposed to carry a unique serial number as defined by the USCG. The first part is a manufacturer's code, followed by other info. You can find a listing of this at http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/gnab/search.htm Here you can find a manufacturer's name and address and if it was taken over by some other company, who that was and where to contact them. Joe P. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 07 1999 - 09:52:26 PDT
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