[Santana 22] Mystery hull number unsolved

Nancy & Pat Broderick broderic at sonic.net
Thu Sep 19 00:58:07 EDT 2013

Rande,

How about a complete set of new photos?  Full boat, bow, cockpit,  
transom, interior?

Pat

On Sep 18, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Rande Peterson wrote:

> Hi sailors,
>
> Thanks for all of your input!! As most/all of you suggested, I  
> searched high and low in the starboard locker in the cockpit (for  
> that matter, all storage areas) for the hull number but was unable  
> to locate it. Let me cut to the chase and say why I am interested in  
> finding this information. When I bought this boat a couple of years  
> ago, there was no paperwork, nor knowledge from the previous owner,  
> as to the name of the boat. Doing some research on "renaming" a  
> boat, I come to find that it is wrought with superstition. So I  
> figure I need to do my due diligence and try to discover the name of  
> my boat. So my thinking went that if I could find the hull number,  
> maybe one of the old salts on the 22 list would recognize the number  
> and offer up some history. That hasn't happened. Tom, you mentioned  
> that you sold a sail with 802 on it to a owner in Utah. Happen to  
> remember who it was? 802 is a newer boat and by observations of the  
> photo I provided, that is what I have. In any case, the most  
> important part of the ritual of renaming a boat seems to be  
> destroying any evidence of the boat's previous name. In my case,  
> that has been taken care of as far as I can tell. So what do you all  
> think? Rename the boat and give her a proper christening party? Let  
> her be as the "no name" boat on the Great Salt Lake?
>
> Rande
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