Go to an art supply store, buy some thin rice paper and attach a piece of it to a normal 8.5x11 sheet of paper and print the number using your favorite printer. Cut out the rectangle around the numbers, wet an area on your boat with epoxy, place the rice paper on, epoxy over it, and put a strip of glass over that and wet it out. The rice paper will go virtually transparent, and the glass will keep it from being scratched off.

> Having completed my CLC 17 LT kayak, I applied for state of Illinois
> watercraft registration (only $13. for three years). But now I have to
> attach the HIN (hull identification number) that they issued. According to
> the regulations, I must either "...carve, burn, stamp, emboss, or
> otherwise permanently affix the HIN to the outermost starboard side at the
> stern...in such a way that alteration, removal, or replacement would be
> obvious and evident." (There are 12 characters total, and they must
> be at least 1/4 inch in height).

> Any good ideas on how to do this?

> Thanks, Ed