Location of hull number on 13" 1961 Whaler
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:32 pm
In c.2005 I bought a 13-footer at our summer place in Maine. [The—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] seller gave me his most recent Maine boat [registration—don’t invent abbreviations] which listed the hull number as 4218 and the build date of 1973. [The—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] town clerk in my town issued a new registration to me without question.
[Now—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] I'd like to bring the boat home to Indiana. [The—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] process here is to have a law enforcement officer inspect the boat and certify the hull number on a form which is necessary for registration.
[The—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] problem is that I can't find the hull number. I contacted Boston Whaler customer service. They said the hull number would be inside the rear transom wall about 2-3 inches from the bottom, as well as inside the anchor locker. I cannot find the hull number in either location. I assume the inside has been painted over one or more times, obscuring the hull number.
[In—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] the process of my research, I've learned that hull number 4218 would be no newer than 1961, not 1973 as the seller had listed on his registration.
[The—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] layout of my whaler is consistent with drawings I've found online of "first generation" 13-footers.
To anyone that has a 13-footer from the 1960 to 1961: tell me exactly where to look for the hull number.
I might try to carefully remove a layer or two of paint to try to find the number so I'm able to register it.
Thanks.
[Now—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] I'd like to bring the boat home to Indiana. [The—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] process here is to have a law enforcement officer inspect the boat and certify the hull number on a form which is necessary for registration.
[The—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] problem is that I can't find the hull number. I contacted Boston Whaler customer service. They said the hull number would be inside the rear transom wall about 2-3 inches from the bottom, as well as inside the anchor locker. I cannot find the hull number in either location. I assume the inside has been painted over one or more times, obscuring the hull number.
[In—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] the process of my research, I've learned that hull number 4218 would be no newer than 1961, not 1973 as the seller had listed on his registration.
[The—please use a capital letter to start a sentence] layout of my whaler is consistent with drawings I've found online of "first generation" 13-footers.
To anyone that has a 13-footer from the 1960 to 1961: tell me exactly where to look for the hull number.
I might try to carefully remove a layer or two of paint to try to find the number so I'm able to register it.
Thanks.