Re: [Paddlewise] Illinois Registration of Home Builts Requires Carving of HINinto Hull

From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 9:0:13 -0500
>Last winter I registered my CLC Chesepeake with the State of Illinois.
>Today I received a letter from DNR with the Hull Indentification Number
>(HIN) that they arbitrarily assigned along with the requirement that
>
>"You shall either carve, burn, stamp, emboss or otherwise permanently affix
>the HIN to the outboard side ...in such a way that alteration,
>removal, or replacement would be obvious and evident."

Every boat manufacturer has to put a HIN on every vessel. You're now a boat manufacturer, so you've got a HIN. What are the first 3 letters? Probably your initials? This doesn't have to be very big. Look on the stern of a commercial kayak.

It took them ~6 months to send the number?
		 
Steve Cramer
cramersec_at_earthlink.net
2002-07-12



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