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I carry my RIB on weaver davits which blocks the name on the stern. I want to put it on the bottom of the dink and don't know which would work better, paint or vinyl letters with a clear epoxy coating.
I carry my RIB on weaver davits which blocks the name on the stern. I want to put it on the bottom of the dink and don't know which would work better, paint or vinyl letters with a clear epoxy coating.
One can place the boat's name and hailing port on the side of a recreational vessel. Placing that information on a dinghy obscuring the hull-placed name/port doesn't meet USCG requirements for a documented vessel.
USCG National Vessel Documentation Center, FAQ Page
One can place the boat's name and hailing port on the side of a recreational vessel. Placing that information on a dinghy obscuring the hull-placed name/port doesn't meet USCG requirements for a documented vessel.
USCG National Vessel Documentation Center, FAQ Page
Rusty and Moonstruck and all others with a similar set-up, you are in violation so get ready for a spanking.
Rusty and Moonstruck and all others with a similar set-up, you are in violation so get ready for a spanking.
Here is one on the flybridge railing.
I hate even more having to hail (mostly sailboats) with names that are too small to see or unpronouncable.
The bottom Great place for it.
I have heard that thieves check out dink names at the dink dock
They think that if the name is on the dink and the dink is at the dock the mother ship is empty.
The standard world wide convention is name and hailing port on the stern of the mother ship. Today the US, Canada and Mexico Coast Guards are really watching names, flags and hailing ports and plugging same into their on board computers to verify authenticity. If they can't see the name and port they get frazzled and will pull you over, .
I find lots of sailboats travel with the radio off, I think it is because they often have the radio inside and they are sitting in the cockpit.
Steve W
Undocumented vessels would have a state registration number and year sticker on the bow hull or generally forward of the helm, on both sides, and visisble. Even documented vessels, in FLA anyway, have to be registered and display their sticker, usually stuck on the forward glass to port and or starboard.
I don't know whether sailboaters have the radio on or not, but very few answer a call.
The standard world wide convention is name and hailing port on the stern of the mother ship. Today the US, Canada and Mexico Coast Guards are really watching names, flags and hailing ports and plugging same into their on board computers to verify authenticity. If they can't see the name and port they get frazzled and will pull you over, especially in the border areas and likely find something to bitch about. Nothing the matter with on the bottom of the dinghy if stern obscured.
For the first time ever, I went through a swing bridge opening, and the bridge tender asked me for my boat name and hailing port. Obviously he didn't see my alternate sign on the fly bridge. However, I thought it was unusual, never having been asked for the other openings I've encountered. And there have been many.
...Years ago in Mexico it was money that talked with the customs guys, not numbers, names or location. Is it still that way today south of the border?