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Skipper of the Sea Que · 06-27-2006, 06:22 PM

Phantom,

I had an almost similar situation. Our family boat was MS 3 and my Dad's initials. When we took the boat to Lake Winnipesaukee (mid August for the rest of the season) we got the NH License PLATE. I recall that we eventually got a vanity registration plate for the boat with our last name. I still have a 1970 NH Boat plate hung on the wall.

Anyway, about 10 or 12 years ago I wanted to pick NH bow numbers for my boat, which stays on Winnie. A registration # that ended with "CQ". I even had a few 4 digit numbers I would like in case one or two digit numbers were not issued.

I wrote and called and was passed around to several folks in Concord. Dept of Safety, Registry, Boat Registration and other folks. They all understood what I wanted but told me there was no way (no way for me maybe). Their suggestion was for me to drive around to issuing locations and ask them to see what numbers they had on hand and maybe find one I liked.

I did not try the method Skip suggested. He always has good advice. Let us know how you make out (but if you get your vanity bow reg, PM me the details first so I beat the flood of applications

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You might think that with prolific NH vanity car plates that the State would embrace a similar system (for a fee of course) for boat bow numbers.

06-27-2006, 06:22 PM	#4
Skipper of the Sea Que Deceased Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 1/2 way between Boston & Providence Posts: 573 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 32 Thanked 55 Times in 22 Posts	Vanity Bow Numbers Phantom, I had an almost similar situation. Our family boat was MS 3 and my Dad's initials. When we took the boat to Lake Winnipesaukee (mid August for the rest of the season) we got the NH License PLATE. I recall that we eventually got a vanity registration plate for the boat with our last name. I still have a 1970 NH Boat plate hung on the wall. Anyway, about 10 or 12 years ago I wanted to pick NH bow numbers for my boat, which stays on Winnie. A registration # that ended with "CQ". I even had a few 4 digit numbers I would like in case one or two digit numbers were not issued. I wrote and called and was passed around to several folks in Concord. Dept of Safety, Registry, Boat Registration and other folks. They all understood what I wanted but told me there was no way (no way for me maybe). Their suggestion was for me to drive around to issuing locations and ask them to see what numbers they had on hand and maybe find one I liked. I did not try the method Skip suggested. He always has good advice. Let us know how you make out (but if you get your vanity bow reg, PM me the details first so I beat the flood of applications ) You might think that with prolific NH vanity car plates that the State would embrace a similar system (for a fee of course) for boat bow numbers. __________________ Amateur HAM Radio What is it? You'll be surprised. When all else fails Ham Radio still works. Shriners Hospitals *providing specialized care for children regardless of ability to pay*. Find out more or refer a patient.