Your Pleasure Craft Licence number must be displayed on each side of the bow of your vessel, above the waterline, in block characters that are at least 7.5 centimetres (3 inches) high and in a colour that contrasts with the colour of the bow.
Vessel Registration FAQs
HOW DO I REPORT A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP?ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOCUMENTATION?WHAT ARE THE VESSEL NAME AND HAILING PORT MARKING REQUIREMENTS?HOW DO I NOTIFY YOU OF MY CHANGE OF ADDRESS?HOW DO I CLOSE THE REGISTRY OF MY VESSEL?RENEW YOUR CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY EVERY FIVE YEARS THROUGH OUR SITEARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOCUMENTATION?WHY AND HOW IS BUILD EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED?SHOULD I RETURN THE CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION WITH THE RENEWAL NOTICE?HOW IS VESSEL OWNERSHIP ESTABLISHED?CAN MY VESSEL BE REGISTERED AND LICENCED?HOW DO I KNOW IF MY VESSEL MEASURES FIVE NET TONS?WHAT IS A BARE-BOAT CHARTERED VESSEL?WHAT CAN I DO IF I HAVE LOST OR MISPLACED MY CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY?WHAT IS FIRST TIME REGISTRY?WHAT IS A PLEASURE CRAFT LICENCE?HOW CAN I SEND MY PAPERWORK TO YOUR OFFICE?WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VESSEL WHOSE NUMBER BEGINS WITH THE LETTER ‘C’ (e.g., C00000BC) AS OPPOSED TO A VESSEL WHOSE NUMBER BEGINS WITH A NUMBER, AND/OR A LETTER AND NUMBERS (e.g., 32E 00000 OR BC 00000)?MUST I SUBMIT MY APPLICATION BY MAIL?MAY I RENEW MY DOCUMENT EARLY?