[C320-list] Documentation number location

[dprudden]

What about a Sharpie, hand writing the numbers?

David

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On May 23, 2013, at 7:12 PM, "Jeff Hare" <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:

> Well, yes...  we have a routed coast guard documentation number board and
> have been meaning to attach it for about 11 years now...  
> 
> The numbers are supposed to be attached in a way that would be obvious if
> they were removed...  That's pretty much an impossible task since just about
> anything can be repaired and covered up.  
> 
> We intended to glue them high inside the back wall of the port cockpit
> locker but haven't yet...  Maybe this year will be a winner?
> 
> -Jeff
> 
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> 
> Does everyone use a routed piece if wood? Is it glued down? Screwed?
> 
> David Prudden
> #787
> 
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> 
> On May 23, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Jeff Brown <oceanblues at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> I've got them on the inside locker port side, its a piece of wood with the
> numbers routed out. 
>> Jeff Brown
>> "Out of the blue" Dana Point, CA
>> Hull 78
>> oceanblues at mac.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On May 23, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Doug Treff wrote:
>> 
>>> All,
>>> 
>>> I am the third owner of my 320. The first owner documented her. Second
> owner went with state registration. I went with documentation per my
> lender's requirements. I cannot find the numbers ANYWHERE inside the cabin
> or hull. Looking at my options to see where I want to place the numbers.
>>> 
>>> The rule says: "The official number assigned to documented vessels,
> preceded of the abbreviation "NO." must be marked in block-type Arabic
> numerals at least three inches high on some clearly visible interior
> structural part of the hull. The number must be permanently affixed so that
> alteration, removal, or replacement would be obvious and cause some scarring
> or damage to the surrounding hull area."
>>> 
>>> What I want to know is how many of you have opted for the "clearly
> visible" approach, as in out in plain sight. A lot of boats that I've been
> on have the numbers inside a locker or in the engine compartment.
>>> 
>>> Where do all of you have your numbers?
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Doug Treff
>>> #350 - September Song
>>> doug at treff.us
>