Greg Peterson wrote:

Just my two cents but speaking of the bronze plate, I believe it is supposed to be in a place that is integral to the boat so that it cannot be removed easily.

Here is the info from the coast guard documentation faq page

HOW DO I MARK MY VESSEL?

The official number assigned to documented vessels, preceded by the abbreviation "NO." must be marked in block-type Arabic numerals at least three inches high on some clearly visible interior structural part of the hull. The number must be permanently affixed so that alteration, removal, or replacement would be obvious and cause some scarring or damage to the surrounding hull area.

I don't know if the bronze plate would fulfill this requirement. But I'm sure others here have experience in this matter. Our boat was registered in Michigan and I found it a very easy process to redocument it also.

Thanks Greg. My boat was registered then de-registered in the US when we bought her, and then registered in Canada. I still have the old plate in place but want to get rid of out for obvious reasons. Do you or anyone know where I can get a plate done, it's turned out to be a bigger pain in the ass than expected. I have considered wood, but prefer the look of bronze or stainless steel, just been hard finding someone to do it; after all I'm doing this from the arctic (home) when we're not at the boat.