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The best product I've found is the Boat Number Plate. It is a pre-printed, flexible glue-on made for specific inflatable materials. [I have no affiliation...]
I've seen the boat number plate. They look like a nice clean job.
Most recently, I just order my numbers from a vinyl lettering website. They come on a sheet, just like a boat name or hailport lettering would. Tape a hinge at the top and apply. Pretty easy. I actually expected it might not last, but it's held up very well. I do not, however, deflate the dinghy, so that type of flexing might be more stressful.
The only solution that some states don't allow are the number boards, that slide into a holder. Most require the numbers be affixed permanently. States also have minimum lettering height requirements.
Bought preprinted vinyl letters at defender or west marine , can't remember, cleaned the tubes ( inflated) with alcohol , stuck them on , they baked on in the sun all season . I deflate and roll it up each fall,
Inflate it again every spring and four seasons so far they are stuck on like glue ...
1 Season with the glue on "plate" worked just fine. My boat is hypalon RIB and stays inflated all summer.
I deflated the tubes for transport and storage this winter. What happens to it over the winter I'll not know until I uncover it and inflate. Good thing about the rubber plate is that I can just re-glue it if it starts to come undone.
Last dingy I used stick on letters but they wore off. I then went to a number plate that hung off the side and I lost one under tow and if it's a roll up, like my last one, you had to take them off before storing the darn thing.
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