In my experience, there are three ways to get a sail number: 1) Pick a number that you like that is less than 5 digits, and stick with it. I've known a few people who elected to do this - but that was primarily because they did not know that the sail numbers actually have a certain logic to them.
2) Use you hull number, which you will find stamped in your transom, on your title, on your registration or documentation, etc. Here is a link that explains how to read the HIN for your boat: http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.html The sail numbers on my 25 mk1 are 225. The HIN is CCY252250274, hence hull number 225. 3) Get an "official" North American sail number by the process used at US Sailing and the Canadian Yachting Association. Go to http://offshore.ussailing.org/Sail_Numbers.htm to look at the process. Basically the numbers are issued by several regional authorities including the Detroit River Yachting Assn., CBYRA, CYA, etc. The numbers are 5 digits long and issued sequentially. The last 4 digits will tell you the region where the number was issued, For example the 15202 on my 38 footer was issued by DRYA when the boat eas first raced. Tom Sippel's 84033 came from CYC. Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Taylor Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List Sail numbering I have a 1977 29 mk1, are the sail numbers the same as part of the hull number or were the arbitrarily assigned. Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
