Sail numbers

[lskid47]

My main has no sail numbers and would like to know what my number is. Is it located in the serial number or stamped somewhere in the hull? Steel keel=rust suggestions on long term sealing. Going to use VC 17 as a bottom paint.

Thank You

 

[kappykaplan]

The number that was on my main when I purchased the boat was 36, indicating she was the 36th in the line of 43 Pearson 37s. The number you put on the main is up to you - could even be your US Coast Guard documentation number if the boat is documented.

 

[FastOlson]

Best not to invent a number, and no, the documentation number will not do.

Either use an assigned five digit number from US Sailing, if you plan to do much racing, or.......
Just use your boat's own hull number (aka its one design number).

That number may be part of the HIN on your transom, but it may be hard to understand from reading the long set of letters and numbers.

Best to just contact Beneteau and read your HIN to them They will tell you what your actual hull number is. Since they usually build quite a few of each model, it's likely a three or four digit number.
That number on your main and any overlapping head sails is all you should need for more casual club racing.
Along with that you should have the factory emblem for your boat on each side of the main already. (Unless the first owner bought discount sails and was too cheap to have the emblem put on.)

Fair winds!

 

[MSN-Travelers]

Usually the five-digit model / hull number combination ...

My main has no sail numbers and would like to know what my number is. Is it located in the serial number or stamped somewhere in the hull? Steel keel=rust suggestions on long term sealing. Going to use VC 17 as a bottom paint.

Thank You

From an answer posted another forum:

Boats manufactured or imported on or after August 1, 1984 must have a 12 character Hull Identification Number that uniquely identifies each boat.

The first three characters of the HIN are a MIC (Manufacturer Identification Code) assigned by the Coast Guard to the manufacturer or the person importing the boat (“BEY" in the case of Beneteau).

Characters four through eight are a serial number assigned by the manufacturer.

The last four characters indicate the month* and year the boat was built, and the model year.

* A=JAN, B=Feb, C=March ... L=Dec

See the USCG Manufacturers Identification Code (MIC) Database at:
Manufacturers Identification Code (MIC) Database
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From an answer previously posted here:

I'm about to take delivery on a 1999 Oceanis 352. The HIN is on the starboard side immediately in front of the stern.

Format is BEYTTWWWXYZZ

TT = model number
WWW = hull number
X = build month (A = January thru L = December)
Y = build year
ZZ = model year

A `99 Beneteau Oceanis 352, hull 262, built in December 1998 would have a HIN of BEY74262L899

Beneteau explained the format to me when I was trying to figure out what to use for a sail number. In the case of the boat listed above, an appropriate sail number would be either 74262 or just 262.

If you plan to race a lot and obtain a PHRF rating/certificate thru the local sanctioning body, there is a good chance they would assign the a sail number 74262 based on the serial number (if was your serial number).

Iron/steel keel should have any/all rust ground off and the entire keel sealed with a two-part epoxy barrier coating prior to being painted with the VC17.

 

[FastOlson]

Unless you are sure that they molded out 74262 hulls of your model....
That is not your hull and sail number.
It might indeed be #262, though.

(Even Catalina has never built 74-thousand hulls of any one model!)

 

[MSN-Travelers]

On a Beneteau ...

The 4th & 5th position numbers represent the model number. The 74 indicates that serial number is assigned to a Beneteau Oceanis 352. The next three numbers (6th thru 8th) are the actual hull number.