[C320-list] Hull ID number

[Scott Thompson]

That must be the secret location.  Coast Guard regs require that the 
number be in two places -- one on or near the transom and the other in a 
  not obvious place.  I've always wondered where the second one was on 
our boats!


Irving Grunes wrote:
> Also engraved starboard side under Vberth. Lift the mattress and the cover
> to the Starboard cabinet and look around on hull with a flashlight on Hull
> 851.
> Irv Grunes
> 
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Barbara Uhlman <uhlman at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> 
>> So is ours.  The "personal touch" from Catalina.
>> Barb
>> #1158
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us>
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 11:38:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Hull ID number
>>
>> That longer number with letters is your hull ID.
>>
>> On our hull (#847) the number is engraved on the starboard side, just
>> below the deckline, at the stern.  I'm curious why it was hand engraved,
>> rather than stamped, but that's the way it is.
>>
>> wflowe3 at aim.com wrote:
>>>  Real dumb question.  I recently needed to furnish my hull ID number to
>> someone
>>> who is going to do a gelcote color match through Catalina. Is the hull ID
>> number
>>> stamped into the hull somewhere? I can only find a plate under the
>> companionway
>>> entrance with the model and "Hull ID" but the number is only 1146 and on
>> the
>>> title there is a much longer number with letters and ending in 08 the year
>> of
>>> the boat. All my previous boats have had the number permanently stamped in
>> the
>>> fiberglass somewhere on the stern.
>>>
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Scott Thompson
Surprise, #653