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Fred,

How did you determine this was a 1980 year model?
Your stencil number of 002131 puts it in the 1977/1978 year model.
http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=97

Because this is most likely a 1977/1978 model, you should have an HIN plate on your boat which uses the "Model Year Format".
http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...cle_id=103

Let us know what you have so we can correct the year model.