Boat Watch USA
Boat Watch USA promotes crime prevention for vessel owners in the United States (and Canada). We offer special services to assist boaters in the event their vessel becomes damaged or is a suspected victim of criminal activity. We help our visitors to practice diligence in marine crime prevention while giving them a single location to find boating information and store important information about their vessel at BoatWatchUSA.com
Your ship will be allocated registration numbers. These must be:
• Clearly visible in plain characters in a contrasting colour to the hull of your ship
• The size of the characters depends on the type of ship and must be able to be read from a distance of 30 metres away.
• Ships not capable of planing should have characters a minimum of 75mm high on the sides or on the stern
• Ships capable of planing should have characters a minimum of 200mm high on the sides.
• A label will be issued which must be placed on the exterior of the ship in a conspicuous place above the waterline
Personal watercraft (pwc) registration symbols must be:
• Displayed on both sides
• At least 100mm high
• Legible from at least 30 metres.
• Clearly visiblein a contrasting colour to the craft
• Easily seen while the craft is underway.
• The registration label must be displayed on the port (left) side of the craft adjacent to the registration symbols.