[quote=CatFan57]Delayed reply, I know, but I just wanted to thank MN3 and klozhald for the replies.
So if I understand klozhald correctly, there apparently is no secondary hull ID# anywhere on a P18-2.
Assuming that to be the case, I guess removing crossbeams, while apparently not too big a deal per MN3, would become moot.
And it also means when and if my hull ID# becomes faded beyond recognition, I'll have nothing left to ID the boat by (except the registration numbers, of course, but they are just stick-on vinyl numbers). At present, the hull ID# is too faded to show up in a photograph, so I can't preserve a record of it that way.
Think I'm going to find a way to deepen the existing hull ID#. I was afraid of doing that since I was informed by state marine police, and internet research, that: "It is illegal for anyone (manufacturer, dealer, distributor, or owner) to alter or remove a HIN without the express written authorization of the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard" (language from website mentioned above).
I'm going to take the position that the authorities demand you have a hull ID#, and the only way I can continue to have one is to deepen the existing one, and deepening an existing hull ID# to keep it legible is not "altering" it within the meaning of the law, but rather preserving it.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by CatFan57 on May 06, 2018 - 12:56 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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