Our sailboat - Bubbles - had at one time been documented, but it had lapsed by the time we purchased her. This past fall/winter, I began the process of re-documenting her and we recently received the documentation from the Coast Guard, so while I was working below on mechanical aspects, my wife was removing our MD registration numbers and decals - as well as removing some "bubble" decals from the transom. It was a full day of work - weather was very nice!