Dear List, If someone would have told me the following, I would have had him or her drug tested... But, it is all 100% true.
I am building a steel trawler outside the US in Turkey. The Builder does not ever plan to import boats into USA. Therefore, he does not have a way to assign a hull identification # (HIN) to my trawler. But, to get a doc ID #, one needs a HIN. So, Monday, (two days ago) I called NVDC and spoke with Mary Jane. She had never ran across this problem so she asked around. Her supervisor said that they have a form for them to assign a HIN when the builder cannot. It is NOT a PDF form, nor available on their web site. And, the cost for all this: ZERO $s. So, she offered to fax it to me. (I am in Turkey!!) I got the fax about 15 minutes after getting off the phone with her. I filled it out Tuesday, scanned it into my computer, and found an email address that the NVDC uses to accept emails with PDF documents. I sent in the scanned document yesterday. I asked if at all possible if they could email to me the HIN # once assigned. Today, at about 1000 EDT, I received an email containing the HIN, and the associated CFR that states how it should be applied. My breath was taken away....... If I ever get a chance to get out their way, i want to buy those people a drink or two. Lee _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
