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Boat id help
jaxwax	#1  Posted on 09/19/16 - 5:11 PM
Member Posts: 4 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/19/16	Hello, New member here. Been reading wc for sometime, finally joined. Hope to contribute what I can going forward 13' Whaler Been researching the year of my hull since I had originally purchased w\out title and think its a early\mid 1970's HIN: 2B97xx The inside is painted white however surrounding the HIN number inside the transom is what looks to be a tan original interior Any help you can provide to find what year and model would be much appreciated. Also posting links to some pictures for additional references http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/jws...how/Whaler TIA jax
Joe Kriz	#2  Posted on 09/19/16 - 5:28 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11430 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Hi Jax, Welcome to WhalerCentral From this article, your boat is after 1972 http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=61 A full Stencil number would be better like these http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...cle_id=101 Can you verify your FULL Stencil Number? However, a 2B97xx Stencil number would make it a 1973 year model which should also have an embedded HIN number on the stern of the boat which I don't see. See last photo here: http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...cle_id=103 It is possible that you don't have an HIN as this is a transition period. Something else I see, you have a notched transom which during this time frame was made for the Overseas market. Do you know where this boat came from? Other 1973 and later models had the straight transom in the US market. Let us know a little more. The only other things I can tell you is what I see in this photo. Custom 13 model with an aftermarket bow rail an no interior thus making it a Custom model at this time. Edited by Joe Kriz on 09/19/16 - 5:37 PM
jaxwax	#3  Posted on 09/19/16 - 5:47 PM
Member Posts: 4 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/19/16	Thank you Joe. My full stencil number is 2B9702. I have not found any markings inside the anchor locker or traces of an embossed number remains on stern Correct about the notched transom. After looking over many pictures of similar models I have not seen this either, Also the splash well inside other transoms are all the way across where mine is not jax
Joe Kriz	#4  Posted on 09/19/16 - 5:56 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11430 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Actually you have the correct splashwell for that year. http://www.whalercentral.com/viewpage...age_id=155 Again, a transition year. Has this interior ever been painted?
Joe Kriz	#5  Posted on 09/19/16 - 6:13 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11430 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	My Fault. I completely missed the "B" in the Stencil. This is a much later model. 2B would make it a 1977 year model and would positively have had an HIN plate attached to the outside of the transom. http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...cle_id=101 And yes, this would have been made for the Overseas market. I would contact Boston Whaler and give them your Stencil number. They would then be able to give you a HIN number so you could have a new plate made. Keep those emails for your records. Enjoy your 1977 year model if that Stencil number is readable in your splashwell? Any photos of the Stencil number?
jaxwax	#6  Posted on 09/19/16 - 9:35 PM
Member Posts: 4 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/19/16	Yes it's been painted over original interior coat. I added another photo of the stencil in the previous link above. That picture shows the tan interior in which the stencil is painted on. The link of the splashwells detail you posted is really great. I have not seen that before. I read on specialty marine site that the anchor locker wood they sell is 42 5/8" up until 1976. That is the size of my locker. So according to them the size changed in 1977? Purchased it from someone in Huntington Beach and seller didn't know previous history. Was able to verify with CA dvm before purchase that there were no pending liens I will email bw tomorrow, that's a good idea. Thanks again Joe jax
Joe Kriz	#7  Posted on 09/20/16 - 10:21 AM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11430 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	OK. Let us know what BW tells you so I can fill in the blank numbers in your HIN for this list. http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...cle_id=101 Then you could have a new HIN plate made and attach it to your hull in the original location. http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...cle_id=103
jaxwax	#8  Posted on 09/27/16 - 9:33 AM
Member Posts: 4 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/19/16	My reply came back from bw which is pasted below. Great info Joe, do you have any recommendations where I can get a plate made? Thanks jaxwax REPLY FROM BW: Hello Joe, According to our records, serial number 2B9702 was assigned a 12 character hull identification number of BWCE1024M77K. This boat was built in our old Rockland, MA factory as a 13’ Sport model and was originally shipped out to a place called Stan Miller Marine, in Long Beach, CA on 6/29/77 (as a 1977 model). Attached is a page from the old sales book. Chuck Bennett Boston Whaler, Inc. 100 Whaler Way Edgewater, FL 32141
John Fyke	#9  Posted on 09/27/16 - 3:21 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1307 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/06/06	Any trophy shop can make you a plate. John Fyke Re-Fit or Reef It 1979 15' Sport with Super Sport conversion and 70hp mercury.
Joe Kriz	#10  Posted on 09/27/16 - 3:34 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11430 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	I used to ride my bike down to Stan Miller Marine almost every Sunday for breakfast and look in the window of the Boston Whaler dealer. It was only about a mile from my house back then. Bought my first 13' from an employee there back in 1975. No longer a Boston Whaler dealer however. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/''/st...33.7519555 Yes, see the 3rd photo in the link I gave you above on HIN plates. As John mentions, any trophy shop should be able to make one.