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30 March 2008, 21:16
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Country: USA
Town: Boston
Boat name: not named yet
Make: Zodiac
Length: 4m +
Engine: Outboard
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My registration numbers are falling off...again
Hi. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to obtain or make quality letters/numbers for a hypalon boat that will last for years? I'd prefer not to use the number plate method that I see on some boats. Any info would be great. Thanks.
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30 March 2008, 22:13
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Country: UK - England
Town: Swindon
Boat name: WhiteNoise/Dominator
Make: Ballistic 7.8/SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Opti 225/Yam 85
MMSI: 239050687/235055163
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How big do they have to be? Mine are on the bow of the hull where it's out of the water a bit. 3" tall, made of 7 year vinyl.
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30 March 2008, 22:27
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Country: UK - Scotland
Make: HumberOceanOffshore
Length: 8m +
Engine: Volvo KAD300/DPX
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Cut them from hypalon and glue them on. It's also possible to paint them on using hypalon paint but I find it easier to use the gluing method.
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30 March 2008, 22:48
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Country: USA
Town: Boston
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Make: Zodiac
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My numbers need to be 3". This is the first time I've heard of 7 year vinyl. Also, for some reason it never occurred to me that I could simply cut them out of hypalon material. Thanks for giving me a couple of options.
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30 March 2008, 22:56
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: Swindon
Boat name: WhiteNoise/Dominator
Make: Ballistic 7.8/SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Opti 225/Yam 85
MMSI: 239050687/235055163
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Here's link for you on ebay
They are the people that did mine-cheap and easy to apply. They'll post to the US too.
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30 March 2008, 23:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by northshorehc
Also, for some reason it never occurred to me that I could simply cut them out of hypalon material.
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It seems there is a few of us who suffer senior moments. Perhaps the moon's in the wrong place.  I'm not knocking Nos's stickons but the benefit of using hypalon is the compatibility of the materials.
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30 March 2008, 23:10
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: Swindon
Boat name: WhiteNoise/Dominator
Make: Ballistic 7.8/SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Opti 225/Yam 85
MMSI: 239050687/235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 8,881
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jwalker
It seems there is a few of us who suffer senior moments. Perhaps the moon's in the wrong place. I'm not knocking Nos's stickons but the benefit of using hypalon is the compatibility of the materials. |
That's why mine are stuck on the hull not the toobs 
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30 March 2008, 23:14
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Make: HumberOceanOffshore
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01 April 2008, 23:11
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Country: USA
Town: Oakland CA
Length: 3m +
Join Date: Feb 2005
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If you contact Guy at Polaris Inflatables, he has a guy who does hypalon lettering, then insets them in a sort of base of contrasting color. The result is a single layer of whatever text you wanted that can be glued on.
Sorry for the crappy description.
Results can be seen here (if you enlarge it.)
jky
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02 April 2008, 01:09
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Country: USA
Town: Punta gorda Fl.
Boat name: War Machine
Make: Falcon U.S.A.
Length: 9m +
Engine: twin 250 Yamaha
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Re: registration numbers
You can glue them right to the boat, here's a link to defender, I believe they carry letters in a couple of colors... http://www.defender.com/product2.jsp?path=-1|294|265436|296904|320524&id=267432
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