Chuck.Philips
Forum - Seaman Apprentice
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Forever Young/1725
Model Year: 2005
Home Port: Long Beach, CA
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« on: January 07, 2012, 01:20:57 PM » |
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We just received our Coast Guard Documentation Certificate and now need to locate our "7-digit Official Number" in 3" letters "marked on some clearly visible interior structural part of the hull". Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best location of these numbers?
Thanks
Chuck
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Jim Hardesty
Forum - Petty Officer 1st Class
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Shamrock/1570 M35BC
Model Year: 2001
Home Port: Erie PA
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« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2012, 02:31:03 PM » |
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recommended to me was to get 3" vinyl numbers put them on the aft cabin starboard side wall, then epoxy one layer of fiberglass over them....I saw one that was done like this. He masked off a rectangle around the numbers and used a minimum of epoxy. It looked like it was always there. Also use West System or similar so the surface cures and doesn't stay tacky.
Jim
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Jim Hardesty
2001 MKII hull #1570 M35BC "Shamrock"
sailing Lake Erie
from Commodore Perry Yacht Club
Erie, PA
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Ted Pounds
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« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2012, 02:35:09 PM » |
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I used a router to engrave mine in a piece of oak. Then epoxied it underneath the stairs in the aft cabin.
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Ted Pounds
"Molly Rose"
1987 #447
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Ken Juul
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2012, 03:32:32 PM » |
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mine are painted on and epoxied over under the settee in the aft cabin.
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Ken & Vicki Juul
Luna Loca #1090
Chesapeake Bay
Past Commodore C34IA
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Craig Illman
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« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2012, 04:13:51 PM » |
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Mine were in the aft starboard lazarette and covered with resin.
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Zodiac C-260
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Exodus
Forum - Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Exodus #616
Model Year: 1988
Home Port: Seabrook, TX
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« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2012, 08:36:36 PM » |
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Mine is like Craig's in the aft lazarette.
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Ron Hill
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« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2012, 09:11:38 PM » |
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I used a router on a piece of mahogany to engrave the numbers.
Then the mahogany is epoxy-ed to the inside of the starboard side of the hull under the small aft cabin cutout.
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Ron, Apache #788
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chuck53
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Seaquel #446
Model Year: 1987
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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2012, 10:17:18 PM » |
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Mine are underneath the V-berth, but since it's so hard to access in case I get stopped, I'm going to put them in the aft cabin behind the seat back for quick and easy access.
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awesome34
Forum - Seaman Apprentice
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Awesome/Hull #: 736
Model Year: 1988
Home Port: San Diego, CA
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« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2012, 12:30:13 AM » |
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The previous owner of my boat created a wooden plaque with the number engraved and mounted it under the center drawer in the v-berth.
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Kevin Henderson
Forum - Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Pau Hana / #791
Model Year: 1988
Home Port: San Diego, CA
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Pau Hana
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« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2012, 12:47:00 AM » |
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My Documentation # is carved into a board and epoxyed into the aft lazerette. Makes it very accessible to see if you ever get stopped. Personally, I'm glad to have it there for it's ease of access and yet still concealed. I'm not too wild about having large numbers on display in the cabin.... But thats me.  |
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DarthOccam
Forum - Seaman
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Serenity, #1703
Model Year: 2005
Home Port: Channel Islands, CA
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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2012, 09:02:02 AM » |
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Ours are routed into a wooden board, painted and expoxyed into the port locker. There's no obligation to have it visible all of the time. (Which is just as well, since ours turned out pretty ugly.) Since the port locker is also where we have the Marpol packards, the cheap foam PFDs, and the visual distress signal kit, it makes inspections easier. The inspector doesn't have to go crawling into some dark recess of the hull.  |
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Michael DeCamp
Serenity, #1703
Channel Islands, CA
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Ron Volk
Forum - Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Boat Name / Hull Number: GOOSE III - 1235 (tall rig)
Model Year: 1993
Home Port: Dana Point, CA
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2012, 10:44:18 PM » |
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Ours are routed on a board and mounted in the aft cabin.
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Ron - GOOSE III
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SD Diver
Forum - Petty Officer 1st Class
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Ciao Bella
Model Year: 1987, 367
Home Port: San Diego, CA
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« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2012, 10:55:16 AM » |
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All good ideas. We just got our documentation from the Coast Guard as well so I've been reading this with interest. Really think I'll use stick on numbers and varnish over on the inside of the port lazerret where the flares, life jackets and other safety equipment the coast guard will want to inspect are stored. Kind of kill two birds with one stone idea.
Ralph
Ciao Bella
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Ron Hill
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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2012, 08:28:11 PM » |
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Guys : Where we all put our documentation numbers is very interisting. But what really counts is where the USCG specifies they should be mounted !!
In mid 1980's the USCG specified the documentation numbers be "permanently affixed to the hull". A thought
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Ron, Apache #788
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pablosgirl
Forum - Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Boat Name / Hull Number: Pablo's Girl / 551
Model Year: 1988 - tall rig, fin keel
Home Port: Seabrook, Texas
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« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2012, 10:31:28 PM » |
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Our CG Documentation number is painted and epoxied over on the hull under the port settee forward of the waste tank.
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Paul & Cyndi Shields
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