>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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 09:00 AM 7/12/02 -0500, Steve Cramer wrote: > >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? I guess the lesson learned here is that if you're going to build a boat in Illinois it might be a good idea to send in the request for the HIN a few months before you start building. That way, it would be easy to make a rice paper decal with the HIN before the hull is fiberglassed. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I'm guessing it is something new they thought of. I talked with them on what to do about not having a HIN when I registered and they said nothing about assigning one. I agree with the comments about it not being permanent on this type of boat, I've patched bigger dings. It would be more permanent if I did it on the bright (varnished) deck rather than on the painted sides. But that wouldn't meet the requirements. *************************************************************************** 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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