by jeadstx » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:35 pm
The 5 digit sail numbers you see on some sails are because those boats are of more recent manufacture, since they are still being built. I've heard there are somewhere around 16,000 (more or less) Day Sailers, the Day Sailer I being the only one still in production. This can cause confusion with the older 5 digit hull numbers. In the old numbering method, the addition of the class (sail) number completes the boat ID number.
I'm having a similar problem with my 1969 Day Sailer I. I know the class (sail) number (4 digits; #3229) from the two sets of sails I have, one set original to the boat. My 5 digit hull number shows up on the title, but my data plate has long since gone missing. Texas does not want to register the boat without a rubbing of the ID plate. I'm currently looking for where they etched the hull number on the boat to get a rubbing there if it exists or I can find it.
There is a list on the forum (thread: DS1 Design Changes) that shows changes over the years to the DS I boats. One of the columns show hull number and class number. Although my boat is not listed, the list shows hull and class numbers in the range of what my hull number shown on the title and the corresponding sail number should be. My interest in the class number (which I do know) is more for finding others with the same vintage boat if I do have questions during restoration.
On the forum, someone saw the class number of my Day Sailer II (8075) and wrote me because he had 8074. My boat was originally from Florida before it found it's way to Texas via Louisiana, his boat was in Florida all the time. Our boats my have been sold by the same dealer. Just interesting to know as far as I'm concerned.
Enjoy your boat.
John
1976 Day Sailer II, #8075 - Completed the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Texas 200
1952 Beetle Boat Swan Catboat
Early Rhodes 19
1973 Mariner 2+2, #2607 - Completed 2014, 2015 and 2016 Texas 200
1969 Day Sailer I, #3229
Fleet 135; Canyon Lake, Texas