Name on boat question

sidecar7 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

Which is "proper" to display below your boat's name........the location where the boat is in the water or the owners home town?????? I've seen lots of both, but was curious if one is correct.

Thanks,

Dale

Faster · #2 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

Not sure what's "proper", but we see a lot of boats on the west coast from "Calgary" and "Edmonton" and "LasVegas" and other such land-locked cities/towns - so as you say it's done either way.

Many of these were large enough to need to be properly Registered... presumably in the named 'port'.

primerate84 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

I agree with Faster. I asked that question a couple of years ago because I live in a land-locked city and have my boat on Lake Erie. Was I to put my home city name or the marina city name on the transom? Basically, the responses were whatever you want to do. I know at my marina, it is a mix.

jackdale · #4 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

If you register a boat, it must be a port of entry. If licensed it can be anything. (at least in Canada).

SecondWindNC · #5 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

Where you live or where the boat lives, either is fine.

We have a boat on our dock with Council Bluffs, Iowa on the stern. Probably not much use for a bluewater cruiser there!

PalmettoSailor · #6 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

US Coast Guard regs don't care. You can use your home town or wherever you keep the boat.

I used my landlocked home town. It costs $80 to change the documentation and since the boat is more likely to move than I am, Hometown it was, even though "Stingray Point" sounds a lot cooler.

denverd0n · #7 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009

If your boat is USCG documented then you have to display the name and "home port" of the boat. The "home port" can, however, be any place that you would like to pick.

I have no idea what the regulations are elsewhere in the world.

Zanshin · #8 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009

In the UK there is a list of ports that can be used as the hailing port.

Allanbc · #9 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009

Traditionally, the hailing port is a place where you are "known" so that if the boat is found, they know where to start looking for the owner or relatives.

CaptKermie · #10 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allanbc

Traditionally, the hailing port is a place where you are "known" so that if the boat is found, they know where to start looking for the owner or relatives.

An MMSI number would greatly facilitate this!