[Public-list] Hull #-I want to know where to checkto getthehull# on my A30 1968

[John Birch]

George is correct - we had 543 on the transom, and 543 written on the fuel 
tank but 544 on the sails - KC 544 to be exact and the boat was know as # 
544. In those days Whitby was producing 3 boats a week out of the moulds - 
up and ready - do the math. Awesome production rate - likely what happened 
was they would send the yard goof out to put stuff on the boat, toss in 
tanks or sails - why would you send one of your skilled folk out to do such 
a mundane job and Wally got it wrong ; )

Might be that Windrose was actually built the one before Calypso, so would 
that make Windrose a Wednesday boat and Calypso a Friday boat ? ; )

And Bob, I remember the sail number US 17,  KC was a normal practice for 
Canadian boats being Country registration for racing purposes - hmmm I think 
17 came before 544, but then we're a metric country, maybe that is different 
in american ; )

MDY ; )

Cheers,
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Dinwiddie" <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-list] Hull #-I want to know where to checkto 
getthehull# on my A30 1968


> Robert Kirk wrote:
>> At 05:08 PM 11/22/05 -0500, John Birch wrote:
>>
>>> I wouldn't want to disappoint you Mike - Windrose, KC 544, mid 1973 had 
>>> an embossed serial number on her Stb transom.
>>>
>>> Most didactically yours, ; )
>>
>>
>>
>> It would be interesting to hear from Jay Davenport or Don Campbell who's 
>> numbers are about halfway between Gilleleje & Wind Rose.
>>
>> Bob Kirk
>> Isobar #181
>>
>> p.s. John, as a didact, I'd point out that long before 544 there were no 
>> longer any KC's & US's; just one big happy family... :-)
>
> Au, contrair, Pierre.  It's just that they didn't reuse the numbers. 
> Though the number embossed on the transom of Calypso, #543, seems to 
> contain a 544 (though the gelcoat's a bit smudged), and I think that 
> Windrose has a converse issue.  Whitby was consistently inconsistent.
>
>  - George
>
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