Really Dumb Question - How to Confirm Sail Number?

[Bob Kirsten]

Guys,

I have owned the S2 7.9 DD Mau for 10 years and just ordered a new genoa. I gave them my old genny and they made the new one, and gave it the same number as the old - #483. Then a good fellow sailor at the club took some pictures of my boat and, in looking at them, I am astounded to find that the sail number on the main is #438. Good Grief, which one is the right number? How do I determine what my sail number is supposed to be?

Help!

Bob Kirsten
DD Mau (#438 or #483)

[rogerdgamache]

Check your title. It will have your hull number as part of the VIN.

[John Spierling]

It will also be molded in the transom, try upper starboard corner, it will be an eleven character number starting out with SSU79. The next three digits are the hull number, then the 10th and 11th digits will be the year that it was built.

John Spierling
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[Bob Kirsten]

Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it. Especially breaking down the hull numbers on the boat.

Bob Kirsten
DD Mau

[Bob Kirsten]

Guys,

Just to share the actual number from the hull - it is SSU79483L586.

Just a little remaining question- any ideal what the L5 means? I know the boat was built in 86, and I now know the correct sail number is 483.

Bob Kirsten

[Runaway]

Bob;

here's a link that should explain it -

http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/19094.asp#HIN

seems that yours was built in Dec 1986 -