<span>There is a requirement for the Coast Guard that all vessels must be registered with the state in which they'll be operated and their registration numbers must be clearly displayed on the boat. </span><span>The sequence of the numbers must be written </span>to both sides of the vessel<span> in a sequence such that it can be read from left to right. The mirror-reading on the vessel is not allowed. </span>Now the numbers must be Displayed on the front portion of the boat that is the forward half of the vessel.