Hey Rande,
If it is a new hull then I think the hull number is part of the nautical
equivalent of a VIN stamped in raised lettering somewhere on or near the
stern.
If Michael Andrews doesn't know where that is, I bet Tom Schock does!
Michael and Tom, can you point Rande in the right direction?
Jan/Carlos hull 320
On 9/18/2013 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
> Hull XXX
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