Sail Numbers and Production Years
John -Your Hull Identification Number is the official link to the year your boat was built. If it's pre-1972 (I think) you'll need to find a manufacturer's guide to the numbers. Post '72 numbers are governed by USCG regulations and are easily read if you have the secret USCG decoder ring.Try asking at the Sunfish_Sailor owner's support group. If they don't have the answer they are likely to have a resource to point you to. -http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sunfish_sailor/Sail numbers on small boats are like racing stripes on economy cars. They don't relate to anything except to make it look sporty for better marketing.