Re: answers and questions

JBlumhorst@aol.com
Sun, 7 Mar 1999 01:18:36 EST


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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In a message dated 3/6/99 8:46:38 PM Pacific Standard Time,
jsinc@ftconnect.com writes:

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> HIN or "hull numbers" - According to the Oregon Marine Board, the letters
at
> the beginning of the number are the manufacturer's I.D. code, the numbers
> which follow are the hull number, followed by the month/year of
manufacture,
> followed lastly by the model year. That leads me to believe that my new
> Potter with HIN: HMSB1084E899, is hull #1084, NOT #899.
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> Question: Does International Marine no longer put hull numbers on the
> mainsail? My new sails came last week with just the Potter logo.
>

According to <A HREF="http://boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.html">Nautical
Know How - Boat Hull ID Numbers</A> , and assuming your boat is a new 1999
(the rules changed in 1984 for hull id numbers) , this indicates that your
hull number is #1084. So far so good.

But "E899" means that your boat was manufactured/certified in May (the E
month) 1999. How can this be? It's not May yet!?!

Judy B