Hull numbers (fwd)

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I don't know what the 42ESJ82 number is.  In any event, I have hull
number 543 built in 1973.  I think that it was 1973 that the US Coast
Guard started requiring ID numbers to be molded into the upper right
corner of the transom.  You might check there for any numbers.

 - George

> Peter Amos said:
> 
> Last November I bought an Alberg 30 in Miami. The Florida title gave the =
> hull identification number as 42ESJ82 and the year as 1973. This number =
> is stamped into the plastic sill behind the companionway, but from what =
> I have read in one of the back digests it does not seem like a true hull =
> number which should include the length and date. I crawled all over the =
> boat during the six months I lived on her but did not find any hull =
> number plates. On the mainsail is A30 and the number 478.
> 
> Questions :does 42ESJ82 mean anything?
>                  if the hull number is 478, is this consistent with the =
> boat being manufactured in 1973?
> 
> Her name is "Tait Tait" and when I bought her she had La Guara on the =
> stern as a Port of Registry (Venezuela I think)
> She has been named "Come by Me" in the past and possibly also "Morag".=20
>  Does anybody have any information on the history of this boat. =20
> 
> I want to get a boom tent or some sort of bimini made for her while I am =
> home in the U.K.(the boat is in Florida) and need some measurements.If =
> someone could let me know the length of the boom,the beam width at the =
> mast,I assume 8' 9" but would appreciate confirmation,and the beam width =
> at the aft end of the boom I would be grateful.
> =20
> "Tait Tait" has wheel steering, a mixed blessing, a Navico =
> autopilot,Harken headsail furling,a delight after hanking headsails on =
> and off singlehanded in rough weather with no autopilot, and a very low =
> hours Universal/Westerbeke 18hp M320A. I may be a little unusual but I =
> preferred the Atomic 4 I used to have on aTartan 27. The power output =
> was better and if something went wrong it was usually possible to fix =
> it.I know all the objections to gasoline motors but I liked mine. =20
> Peter Amos      P.A.Amos at tesco.net U.K.=20
> 


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