Displaying Registration Numbers

[Simon]

I'm looking for advice on displaying my registration number.

My first registration numbers have arrived, and I'd prefer not to stick them to the hull.

I was thinking of getting two car front number plates made then cutting them down in width,

drill two holes, use some tie wraps and fix to hand rails.

does this sound okay, is there a better/ neater way?

[JanetAnne]

As long as they can be seen by the ranger there is no specific requirement to stick them to the hull. There are many yachts out there with their number hanging from the bowsprit and cruisers with numbers hanging from pulpits.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Simon said:

I'm looking for advice on displaying my registration number.

My first registration numbers have arrived, and I'd prefer not to stick them to the hull.

I was thinking of getting two car front number plates made then cutting them down in width,

drill two holes, use some tie wraps and fix to hand rails.

does this sound okay, is there a better/ neater way?

Exactly what most folk do really as long as you maintain the distance from the bow as per BA instruction's then you should be fine , I'm pretty certain most rangers are fairly relaxed on this but there are the odd ones that are not .

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, JanetAnne said:

As long as they can be seen by the ranger there is no specific requirement to stick them to the hull. There are many yachts out there with their number hanging from the bowsprit and cruisers with numbers hanging from pulpits.

Exactly the reg no's come complete with guidelines regarding all types of vessel , stick to them and you can't go wrong .

[BroadAmbition]

'B.A's are not on the hull, but on the cabin sides and aft bulkhead in the well deck.  Never had a problem with any of the Rangers

Griff

[FairTmiddlin]

59 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:

'B.A's are not on the hull, but on the cabin sides and aft bulkhead in the well deck.  Never had a problem with any of the Rangers

Griff

Problem is most of them can spot B.A from a mile away.

Or possibly smell the special coffee? You know the one you keep plying them with.

[VetChugger]

Some time ago, it may even be years, I'm sure I recall someone, on one of the forums, offering hardwood cutout registration plaques!

[Chelsea14Ian]

My boat has numbers on the front rail and one on the stern.You must have three.

[Simon]

Many thanks,

id not given the stern numbers much thought, 

Best be careful how I ask this one,

does anyone have any pictures of their sterns 

[ChrisB]

Had mine the same for ten years.

[BroadAmbition]

[JennyMorgan]

The days of screw on numbers are long gone so sticking them to the hull really is not a problem, just a matter of personal preference. As for blo@dy minded rangers I have only ever met one, and that was years ago, I really do think it unlikely that there will be a problem there!

[JennyMorgan]

26 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:

Gosh, Griff, that's a big jack you have on your bow!!

[MauriceMynah]

Thank you gentlemen, That was an image I'd been trying very hard to put behind me.

[MauriceMynah]

I have re-read my last post and think I'd like to re-phrase it.

[Simon]

5 hours ago, ChrisB said:

Had mine the same for ten years.

Looks neat, Is this a car front number plate cut down to size?

[ZimbiIV]

You can get the boards either made up with the numbers on or blank from Brian Wards.

paul

[Chelsea14Ian]

Stern pic,not very clear but hopefully you get the idea 

AS Paul said wards at Brundall do them and you get a discount as a member of NBN.

[WherryNice]

My folks current and previous boats used car number plates trimmed in length and mounted on the pulpit, think they came from somewhere online....

[ChrisB]

6 hours ago, Simon said:

Looks neat, Is this a car front number plate cut down to size?

No, I had them made by a sign company in Stalham it was just white plastic with the BA signs stuck on. The company was owned by some people associated with The Dog at Ludham Bridge but alas it is now a car wash.

[Polly]

For starters, you can buy the right size sticky numbers at a well-known chandlery in Wroxham and ponder more elegant solutions once you get a few weeks cruising done where you can check out what others do.