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The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1988
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Regulation 19
SCHEDULE 4
Marking
(1) The name of the boat and the port of registry shall be painted in a colour contrasting with the colour of the ground on which they are painted, outside the stern of the boat in letters which shall be not less than 8 centimetres in height and 1.5 centimetres in breadth.
(2) The Port Letters and Number of the vessel shall be painted or displayed on both sides of the bow and on each quarter, as high above the water as is possible so as to be clearly visible from the sea and the air, in a colour contrasting with the colour of the ground on which they are painted.
(3) As from the 1st January 1990 the contrasting colours referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall be white and black.
(4) For vessels not over 17 metres in length, the height of the Port Letters and Number shall be at least 25 centimetres with a line thickness of at least 4 centimetres. For vessels over 17 metres in length the height of the letters and numbes shall be at least 45 centimetres, with a line thickness of at least 6 centimetres.
(5) The Port Letters and Number shall in addition be painted or displayed on the wheel house top or on some other prominent horizontal surface.
Carving
(6) The RSS number shall be carved into the main beam of the vessel or otherwise marked or fixed thereon in such a way it cannot readily be effaced.
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