The old name is now off the boat and the graphics company has given me a couple of options. Looking for opinions on the size. Belle Maer Harbor will end up on the lower left regardless. Option one was keeping the name within the lid. Too me it looks like the name was sized to the lid with no regard to the width of the boat. Second stretched the name so the letters didn't need to be cut for the lid opening. Anyway, here y'all go. The color will end up as close to the hull /canvas color which will be darker than images.
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Boat name layout opinion
Jus Cruisin
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If your boat is Documented, you have to have hailing port with 3” tall letters/numbers. Not sure of rule if only registered.
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I 100% agree with the larger letters. Our boat is documented as and this is what we did.
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Can't leave out Township. Harrison, MI is a little town in the north part of the state. Harrison Township is a city on Lake St Clair.
Yep, documented. The reason for the redo next week. Harrison Township, MI was too small on the pictures above.
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Such an awesome movie.
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FWIW, bigger,
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For sure the name is set. But actually I can't legally use either pictures as they show. I'll post up the final next week. I'm going to have him place Belle Maer Harbor smaller under Two Beers between the handles and shorten Harrison Township, MI to Harrison Twp, MI and move it to the right under 390.
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Man I broke all the rules. I'm surprised you guys let me hang around here.
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Ha ha, it looks fine....as long as you're not documented. I will need to find a place to fly the flag. I don't think the PO ever flew one.Man I broke all the rules. I'm surprised you guys let me hang around here.
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I'm not documented. After suffering through getting this boat "undocumented" when I bought it I swore to never visit Canada...never get a boat documented! ha.
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If documented all of the lettering has to be at least 4 inches.
I can end up in Canada pretty quickly. I wasn't going to document then decided I might as well. The PO had documented it but also kept the Michigan title. So it was messed up. I still haven't gotten the certificate but when I research the # it now shows my name so it should show up soon. Plus, I don't have stick the "MC" #'s on it.
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From USCG:
- Characters must be at least three (3) inches in height.
- Characters must be of contrasting color to color of the boat.
Note: if the background is multicolored or patterned, a block out area of a single color may be required to facilitate readability.
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That’s funny. I had the very same. Bought the boat, it was documented AND titled in Wisconsin. Which is allegedly impossible. Took 3+ months before I could register it in MI. Way too much govt and bank involvement on both sides. Pure pain.
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The requirement in the federal regulations is four inches. See 46 CFR 67.123(d). https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-46/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-67/subpart-I/section-67.123
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Hmmmm, IIRC that's the reason my wife latched on to me.
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Bigger!!
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That's what she said..Hmmmm, IIRC that's the reason my wife latched on to me.
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