Boat 1890 and a half

[Liam]

Have just bought a second hand boat with 1890 as the sail number.

I should have paid more attention because 1890 is owned by Jon Finch.

My boat has yellow and black stripes and the sail has yellow corners and a black line on the bottom batten.

The serial numbers in the hulls are:
starboard: 258567
port: 188866

Does anybody keep records of what the correct number should be?

[Andrew Hannah]

Hi Liam,

I too, would like to know the answer. Stefan Smith (TBYC) has entered the national championship with #1525. And yet, our website shows a Sprint for sale with the same sail number.

I wonder if it is anyting to do with Laser Centre.

[chris prior]

I definitely think Laser duplicated some #, as when I was selling 1706 another one came up in Scotland with the same # I believe we both had documentation from Laser!!!

[Robert]

You could re-number it 189, or maybe 18 - Mark Aldridge has 19 . Err what's happening to Jagular?

[Liam]

Err what's happening to Jagular?

Jagular needs a bit of (more) attention to one of the skegs. Otherwise it's a good old boat.

I was going to use the 554 sail at the Nationals. I definitely am now I have discovered there are two 1890s.

[Robert]

See you are getting in some light wind practice, ready for Sunday and Monday. Does it go better with the rudders half up?

[Liam]

have to try all tactics against the top sailors in Shanklin.

[Andrew Hannah]

Can anything be done about the duplication of numbers? At Thorpe Bay, we have two boats facing this problem: 1402 and 1525. It would seem there was a random allocation of numbers by someone at Laser Centre. Our class is probably bigger than we think.

It might be a good idea if owners were to annotate the boat register along the lines that Liam suggests, eg 1890A. In time, we'd know how widespread the problem has become.