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Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:29 am
by Raya
Greg,
That's good information and should help nail down the first 9 boats.
Phil Carr's boat Solitaire, recently advertised, was number 4. Maybe Phil or Neilmac could confirm if it originally had the outboard well.
Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 6:55 am
by Raya
Peter,
Could you have a look in Tricksy's port cockpit locker and see if there is any evidence of an outboard well.
Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:49 am
by PeterY
Definitely no well. Hull is untouched gelcoat in that entire area and locker floor original.
Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:50 pm
by Raya
Thanks Peter.
So number 4 didn't have a well but number 9 did. Maybe the wells were put in after the boats were made as an optional extra. Any other theories?
Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:30 pm
by PeterY
I'm only assuming Tricksy is #4 as that is what is on the mainsail. Then again she does have a single hinge on the forward hatch which I believe indicates an early boat.
If she is in fact #4, roughly what year was she made?
Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:21 am
by Raya
Peter,
The main sheet number is about the only way to tell the boat number in most cases. Some sails carry a number given for racing which can be misleading but if your sail has the Investigator logo it is most likely the real deal.
From what I have been able to glean, the first ten Investigators were manufactured in 1975.
Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:03 am
by Greg
1975 seems right for manufacturing, my rego shows 1976 which makes sense.
Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:34 pm
by PeterY
So that means Tricksy is about 42 which is the "meaning of life" number. Quite appropriate!
Re: Hull Identification Numbers
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:59 pm
by atles
Raya wrote:atles wrote:Hi guys
my tag in QLD is
Water ways
AU-WWA062793 F58 original main sail has sail number 133 on it with the investigator sign
regards atlas
Thanks Atlas.
Unfortunately that blows my theory about WA standing for West Australia in the HIN. Out of interest, I went to a nearby boat yard and checked out the HIN plate on the second hand boats. The prefix AU-WWA was fairly common. I'd say too common for all the boats to be from West Australia or even from the same manufacturer. Your HIN also proves that the boat number is not part of the serial number. It's looking like the HIN isn't much use for identifying Investigators.
sorry to blow out your theory Raya i was thinking it may help