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Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:12 pm**

Commissionpoint wrote:And Robert is your fathers brother..................

Sorry wrong person, my father has only sisters.

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:16 pm**

ready123 wrote:
Commissionpoint wrote:And Robert is your fathers brother..................
Sorry wrong person, my father has only sisters.

Why I oughtta......

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:22 pm**

Commissionpoint wrote:
ready123 wrote:
Commissionpoint wrote:And Robert is your fathers brother..................
Sorry wrong person, my father has only sisters.
Why I oughtta......

In case you missed it there is a sticky on Hull numbers etc:
http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewtopic.php?t=2941

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:35 pm**

ready123 wrote:In case you missed it there is a sticky on Hull numbers etc:
http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewtopic.php?t=2941

Yeh I saw it. Reads like stereo instructions though. Esp. the part about TRJ numbering convention. Pretty clear about the metal data plate though.

So according to your explanation of the numbering convention I have hull 8911 dropped in June of 1978. So that gives the impression that about 100 hulls got dropped in between yours and the one I just bought. Clearly they were cranking along pretty good over there in Lancaster in winter '77/spring '78. I doubt too many if any manufacturers are seeing that kind of demand now with the current economic conditions.

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:44 pm**

http://www.trojanownersclub.com/reports ... torial.pdf

It says 8-10 boats a week at the plant's peak.

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:51 pm**

Thats a lot of jobs.

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:59 pm**

My F-32 hull number is TRJ088011177.

So, it appears it was 'dropped' in November, 1977.

Does 'dropped' mean it came out of the mold?

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:21 am**

Hi Michael, thats an argument

That ther are differences between formerly Nancy's 78'er and ours - you are right !

My be the vessel was build in 76' - bought from any exhibition in the States by an former member of the US-Army stationed in West-Berlin, and he needed 2 years to bring her to Germany and register it first in 1978.

Could that be

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Greetings - Heiner

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:43 am**

DAVIDLOFLAND wrote:My F-32 hull number is TRJ088011177.

Sounds like your hull and Ready 123's hull went thru the plant together. Cool stuff.

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:53 am**

Yeah, real close hull numbers. That is cool stuff, to be in touch 34 years later.

HEY, it's our boats' BIRTHDAYS!

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:06 am**

EM63 wrote:Hi Michael, thats an argument
My be the vessel was build in 76' - bought from any exhibition in the States by an former member of the US-Army stationed in West-Berlin, and he needed 2 years to bring her to Germany and register it first in 1978.
Could that be
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Greetings - Heiner

Hi Heiner,
The HIN is placed at the factory when the fibreglass is laidup in the mould... so it is a 1976 built hull and model boat.
Doesn't matter when it was registered in Germany it is still a 1976 build and model.... as can be seen clearly from the helm instrument panel it is not a 1978 layout.

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:07 am**

EM63 wrote:Hi Michael, thats an argument

That ther are differences between formerly Nancy's 78'er and ours - you are right !

Greetings - Heiner

Yes Heiner. There are subtle differences throughout the production run. Putting those lower helm photos side by side like you did really shows some of those changes. That was how it first occured to me that you must have a earlier than 1978 model.

So it looks like you have a 1976. It sounds like your papers say its a 1978. It could be something simple like a mistake on paper when it was brought to Germany. Its probably no problem for you, but maybe you will have it changed on your papers if its an easy thing to do.

Now that you have it on the hard for the winter, do you have some projects that you are planning to do? Scrub that running gear maybe?

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:14 am**

Hey Heiner,

Beacon Marine can produce, and sell to you, the original purchase docs for that hull. I have not bought them for my boat yet, but I intend to.

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:03 am**

To mix up our confusion: in eBay another 1978'er F33 ?!? came up for auction

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/280762903444

Very similar lower helm to ours.
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Greetings - Heiner

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:10 am**

Only confusion is believing what the owner says

It is an F32 and is not a 1978 model just from the visuals. Only way to be sure is to see the HIN.... which is how we confirmed what your's was.

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