Hull number

#0, Hull number
Posted by NoSlack on Jan-21-04 at 02:01 PM

Those of you that bought your boat new, know what your hull number is. By looking at the number etched in the transom, can I determine what my hull number is?
The number I'm looking at starts with BDB followed by 4 or 5 numbers, a letter, 2 numbers and a letter.

Mike



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#1, RE: Hull number
Posted by Nomad on Jan-21-04 at 02:43 PM
In response to message #0

Yes you can Mike but I' forget which digits to use. I'll check and let you know asap.

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#2, RE: Hull number
Posted by Capt Art on Jan-23-04 at 08:24 PM
In response to message #1

I checked the Excalibur hull number today on the transom. Number is
BDB99175m82k. Boat was made in 82, but I don't know what the other numbers mean. Correction, found my original receipt which says hull number 175.

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#3, RE: Hull number
Posted by Wizard on Jan-23-04 at 08:41 PM
In response to message #2

LAST EDITED ON Jan-23-04 AT 08:42 PM (PST)

I guessed at mine by looking at the letters/numbers, what you have said about your number, and assume the following:
BDB99202M83D

BDB = Boat Don Blackman?
xx(99) = no idea
202 = Hull Number on my 1983
M = no idea
83 = year
D = no idea

I believe mine was done in Dec 1983. They built 27 boats from 1982 to 1983? I wonder.

Glenn


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#4, RE: Hull number
Posted by NoSlack on Jan-23-04 at 08:52 PM
In response to message #1

Looks like I must be hull 146. BDB99146M81K
Mike


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#5, RE: Hull number
Posted by Captn_Hook on Jan-29-04 at 05:45 AM
In response to message #4

LAST EDITED ON Jan-29-04 AT 05:50 AM (PST)

Notice that Art's number ends with a K as does Mike's. Both are 23 footers. Glenn's is a 26 footer and ends in a D. Hmmmmmmmmm. Could be M=model. So it would go hull number, then the year, then the model of the boat. This way he could keep track of how many 20s,23s, and 26s he built. Not sure.

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#6, RE: Hull number
Posted by DOGHOUSE26 on Jan-29-04 at 08:00 AM
In response to message #5

LAST EDITED ON Jan-29-04 AT 08:01 AM (PST)

I think the letter stands for a different month of manufacture. With 3 months beginning with a J and 2 with Ms, there must be a code.

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#7, RE: Hull number
Posted by noquestion25 on Feb-12-04 at 05:56 PM
In response to message #4

I guess my boat was is the 145 boat. Does anyone know how many outerbanks 23 were made?
Josh "No question"
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This is what Shirley told me about the Hijole. BDB99282L888
Boat serial numbers have 12 digits.Trailers and cars have something different.

The first 3 letters are the initials of the boat builders; BDB
last name( B=Blackman), first name(D=Don), last name(B=Blackman).

The next two digits (99) are place holders in case they need more numbers later.


The next number (282) represents the boat was the 282nd boat built.

The letter (L= December) is the sequence of the month the boat was built.
January=A, February=B, March=C, etc.

The next number (8) is the day it was built.

The last two digits is the year 88= 1988.

Shirley told me that I could have requested to have the date registered in January so that the boat had the year built as 1989.Some people like this to indicate a newer boat.

cant figure out what the "m" or "k" mean on mine. BDB99194M83K