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| Author: | Fender [ Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Year of Sail by Number |
I picked up a used set of H16 sails with a # of 52014.. This set is solid yellow and is a thicker dacron than my 81 Boomer main.. Does anyone know what year this sail was possibly produced? Not sure if there is a sail number by year chart or something. Thanks |
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| Author: | MBounds [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:55 am ] |
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If it's a Hobie sail, then it's about 1980. |
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| Author: | Dan DeLave [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:10 am ] |
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Matt might have done this but if you are needing that research in the future you might take a look at old regatta results. The highest number in those results was probably built in the same year, maybe year before, as the regatta, if it is a 16. Dan |
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| Author: | MBounds [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:31 am ] |
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Unfortunately, the Hotline stopped publishing sail numbers in regatta results sometime in the mid-70's. There was also an explosion of numbers in the late 70's / early 80's. My 1978 H-16 was 33556. My '83 sail was 74722. That's over 8,000 sails a year. |
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| Author: | tjp [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:11 am ] |
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I've found the sail-pattern chart in the Hotline (Mr. "Hotline Bounds", do you know the right issue?) helps identify years, as long as it wasn't a custom color. |
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| Author: | Hobie16or20 [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:32 pm ] |
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I found the Hotline with the sail colors by year. See link below http://www.hobiecat.com/hobieclass/eHCA ... 4_2006.pdf |
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| Author: | Fender [ Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:42 pm ] |
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Ive got the sail pattern hotline issue also.. From that, its possible that its a 77 or a 79 since it does show the solid yellow and some other solid colors listed as Nationals (not that this is a old Nationals sail I wouldnt think) |
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| Author: | Big Jib & the Uni's [ Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:05 am ] |
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'79 is the best guess. Most '81 sails were upper 5XXXX & lower 6XXXX numbers |
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| Author: | Big Jib & the Uni's [ Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:14 am ] |
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Another tip may be the font of the numbers. Didn't all sails change to the current Souvenir Bold in 1980? |
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