Hull numbering scheme

[johnbanfield]

Hi all,
if I have PSC 37 with a hull number of PCS37ABCDEFG, what number hull is she?
Is it ABC?

Thanks,
John

[Faster]

This may help.. there have been other discussion more recently on deciphering HINs as well.

http://www.sailnet.com/forums/buying...ering-hin.html

[Podjo]

You are right! It is ABC.

[orientalnc2010]

Hi John,
I would contact Rita at PSC in NC and ask her about your hull number,
she has been with the company for quite some time and has a data base of vessels. She is always very helpful.

[ralopata]

I believe the "ABC" reference is correct. The hull identification number should be in a sequence that starts with the maker's name, then model, then the hull number, another set of letters/numbers, and finally the year the boat was built. So, in the case of a 40, the number looks like: PSC40046C101, which equals Pacific Seacraft 40, hull number 046 (for 37s, that first zero disappeared when production went into the hundreds), C1 (the meaning of which I do not know), and 01, signifying the boat was built in 2001.

Hope that helps.

Anybody know what the C1 stands for?

Roger Lopata
JUNO
PSC 40 -- #46

[AlLorman]

C1 means that the hull was laid up in March, 2001. The 01 at the end means that the boat is an 01 model. The CG uses a model year (like new cars), which changes in August. You can actually have a 2001 model that was built in 2000.

Al Lorman
s/v Ann West
PSC 31 No. 55

[LeftCoast]

Builder ID and dates must follow the USCG pattern. The hull number part is encoded any way the builder wants. It can be simple as 1 = 1, 2 = 2 or whatever they felt like at the time. To decode it, you probably need to ask the builder.

-jim lee

[BirdBrain333]

Section 1.2 of the attached PSC 37 manual (from back in the 1980s or 90s, I think) has info on the PSC numbering.

Jay, PSC # 171, Kenlanu