Guides
The rules behind the letters.
Five short reads, each tied to the federal text it explains.
- The registration number, letter by letterForm, size, spacing and colour of the number on the bow.
- Documented boats: name, hailing port, official numberWhat a Coast Guard documented boat shows, and where.
- Validation stickersThe federal frame for the state sticker beside your number.
- Dealer and test boats: removable platesWhen a number may ride on a plate instead of the hull.
- Tenders and the suffix 1The dinghy that carries the mother boat's number.