While installing my new front window cover (for towing) yesterday, I happened to find that my HIN tag, a metal strap, stamped with my Hull Identification Number on it was quite loose. So loose that I popped it off easily with a finger nail.
It is mounted above the center window, up under the brow, and behind the twin (oh yea, I have another set of twins :thup :thup :wink: on my boat) horns, so not real easy to reach into. The metal tag looks to be attached with some sort of “glue” that had turned brownish, and hard and had separated (mostly) from the metal, and some from the gel coat. I was able to flake most of it off easily with my fingernail, and the rest quite easily with a flat screwdriver.
Now it may have stayed there for another 50 years, OR, it might have dropped of the next time I came over a steep wave crest and slammed onto the trough. I might have even seen it drop by the window on the way into Davy Jones Locker. That would have really ticked me off.
It is fixed now, reattached with a permanent adhesive, but no screws.
Might be a good idea to check for your HIN tag. Come to think of it, I think I will check the stern one as well. I know some of them are similar tags, and some are indented into the gel coat. Maybe even find a place for one inside too.
Harvey
SleepyC:moon

It is mounted above the center window, up under the brow, and behind the twin (oh yea, I have another set of twins :thup :thup :wink: on my boat) horns, so not real easy to reach into. The metal tag looks to be attached with some sort of “glue” that had turned brownish, and hard and had separated (mostly) from the metal, and some from the gel coat. I was able to flake most of it off easily with my fingernail, and the rest quite easily with a flat screwdriver.
Now it may have stayed there for another 50 years, OR, it might have dropped of the next time I came over a steep wave crest and slammed onto the trough. I might have even seen it drop by the window on the way into Davy Jones Locker. That would have really ticked me off.
It is fixed now, reattached with a permanent adhesive, but no screws.
Might be a good idea to check for your HIN tag. Come to think of it, I think I will check the stern one as well. I know some of them are similar tags, and some are indented into the gel coat. Maybe even find a place for one inside too.
Harvey
SleepyC:moon
