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Dave R · 09-28-2015, 08:00 AM

I would just buy an 8mm metal stamp set on ebay and some color matched gelcoat from Spectrum Color, then melt the HIN into a part of the hull that is visible when the platform is installed, and gelcoat over it. Would take an hour or two to do. It may not even be illegal and the numbers will match the other HIN that's somewhere else in your boat.

Here are the legal requirements: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx...se33.2.181_117 Nowhere in there does it say you can't add a third HIN and it does have an exception for the situation where an accessory prevents normal placement of the HIN.

09-28-2015, 08:00 AM	#4
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	I would just buy an 8mm metal stamp set on ebay and some color matched gelcoat from Spectrum Color, then melt the HIN into a part of the hull that is visible when the platform is installed, and gelcoat over it. Would take an hour or two to do. It may not even be illegal and the numbers will match the other HIN that's somewhere else in your boat. Here are the legal requirements: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx...se33.2.181_117 Nowhere in there does it say you can't add a third HIN and it does have an exception for the situation where an accessory prevents normal placement of the HIN.