03-24-2009, 02:47 PM
so, after a lot of digging on the internet and reading through a LOT of posts on various boating forums it looks like the Coast Guard will not do anything about replacing the label, even though it sounds like it must be some kind of USCG approved label. Everything seems to say you would need to contact the boat manufacturer to get a new one. The problem is that boat mfg's come and go like the wind. I would guess that most of the boats around here that are made before, say, 1985 are from some manufacturer that doesn't exist anymore. Others sound like they pretty much refuse to replace the labels. They probably cite some liability reasons.
With that in mind, what really needs to be done here is some campaign to inform the lawmakers of this problem and have them provide some kind of solution for us. The current law would mean that many older boats out there are unuseable because they no longer have the label. It appears some states have a system where the state can certify and provide some replacement label using the USCG forumula mentioned earlier in this thread.
Unfortunately the legislative session just ended, but it would be good to get something like this in the works for next year.
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With that in mind, what really needs to be done here is some campaign to inform the lawmakers of this problem and have them provide some kind of solution for us. The current law would mean that many older boats out there are unuseable because they no longer have the label. It appears some states have a system where the state can certify and provide some replacement label using the USCG forumula mentioned earlier in this thread.
Unfortunately the legislative session just ended, but it would be good to get something like this in the works for next year.
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