[alberg30] Hull numbers (fwd)

[Forhan, Thomas]

From: "Forhan, Thomas" <Thomas.Forhan at mail.house.gov>

My recollection is that the uniform numbering system went into place in
1972, though I can't find a reference for it.

 Is the boat clearly a "Mark II" with a hull liner? If so, that would jib
with  #478, since the change occurred around #411.

If the marking is not externally on the transom in the standard place, it
may have been obliterated and a new number assigned when it was "adopted"
into the Venezuelan registry.

Let us know what you find.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	George Dinwiddie [SMTP:gdinwiddie at min.net]
	Sent:	Friday, September 24, 1999 12:49 PM
	To:	alberg30 at onelist.com
	Subject:	[alberg30] Hull numbers (fwd)

	From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at min.net>

	This message was apparently sent to me, instead of the list, in
error.

	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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