Registration - inflatable boat

Hi All,

What do the brains trust here use to display registration numbers and, for those that don't use as a tender, annual stickers on their inflatables?

I have picked up an inflatable boat (2.8m) and 4HP motor that I plan to use for camping/inshore fishing and also occasionally as a tender to my main boat. A big bonus is that my oldest will also be able to use it without a skippers ticket as it is under the 6HP limit.

I've worked out that while I wouldn't have to register if I used it exclusively as a tender, the camping/inshore fishing use means that I either run the gauntlet each trip out using my main boats rego and play dumb if queried by authorities or just register the boat in its own right and bend over every year paying more in rego than what the boat will be worth after a few years.

Either way I still need to display a set of rego numbers on the boat. I'm assuming the stick-on variety won't cut it so some form of flexible paint will be required. Any tips? What about the rego sticker? I can't imagine those lasting more than a few trips on the side of the tubes. Placing it on the outboard would last longer but since you rego the boat and not the motor that probably won't go down very well.

 

Brett

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Chinbald's picture

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Sticker on stainless plate

Wed, 2020-08-19 15:11

 I had a sticker made up to required dimensions with tender written underneath, stuck to a piece of stainless plate two holes tied to the tender, works a treat, very rarely use it but cant justify its own rego as already paying rego on two other boats. Also a full safety kit, flares, epirb,anchor as a stiff eastery has blown more than one small inflatable out from sheltered waters into the big blue. A couple of young blokes drifted well north of Ningaloo in a small inflatable. They where rescued but could of ended in tragedy.

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Great idea

Thu, 2020-08-20 09:29

 Thanks for that. 

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Copped a fine

Thu, 2020-08-20 06:32

 Copped a $160 fine from the authorities on the river pulling crab nets from a tender while the bigger boat was on a mooring 100m away.

Totally unawhare that that the law states tenders that are not seperatly registered are only for running between the boat and shore/boat. Despite me politly explaining that I did not konw this was the case I was still given the infringement.

If only they made it to Rottnest they would have a field day with people pulling pots and diving from tenders. 

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Bugger

Thu, 2020-08-20 09:29

The fine is more than the annual rego for a boat that size then! 

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 Was rowing my 3 metre

Thu, 2020-08-20 19:13

 Was rowing my 3 metre inflatable, no motor on it. Was stopped and told if it could be fitted with a motor, it has to be registered. 

Had a look at the rules via the dept of transport, and it seems to be true.  Revenue raising pure and simple. 

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Inflatable

Thu, 2020-08-20 13:37

I had the same issue and looked into heat stencil, painting rego among other options. In the end I ended up fixing all to a piece of plexiglass and fixing that to inflatable with zip ties. This was the easiest method partly because unit is folded up for transport. 

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 Permanent marker pen for the

Thu, 2020-08-20 14:23

 Permanent marker pen for the numbers on the side and rego sticker on the transom worked for me.

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Thanks for the feedback guys

Fri, 2020-08-21 10:41

Much appreciated.

I ended up making some plates out of old rectangular PVC guttering I had lying around and have fixed the rego numbers and sticker to that.

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