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 of the transom (stern) or, if there is no transom, to the outermost starboard (right) side at the end of the hull that bears the rudder or other steering mechanism (outboard motor if applicable) above the water line of the watercraft in such a way that alteration, removal, or replacement would be obvious and evident." Is this something new? I've never heard of it before. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> "You shall either carve, burn, stamp, emboss or otherwise > permanently affix "Permanently"? On a wood boat, the carved, burned, stamped etc HIN can be removed with sanding, wood filler, or so forth. Therefore, the HIN printed on rice paper and placed under the fiberglassing might be just as good, would be readable in a small type size, could be done "neatly" (not as in "cool" but as in not messy) and could be done in such a way that it would not be ugly or evident until you looked for it in the prescribed position on the boat. Ross Leidy put a "signature" on his strip built Guillemot using this method. You can view it and get a little info from the folloiwng link; http://ross.secant.com/kayak/home.htm Click on the Guillemot, scroll down and click on the "Miscellaneous Details" section, and then click the 2nd photo from the left. I haven't actually done it, but I'd sure give it a try before the other methods. Just a thought. Rick - Poquoson, VA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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