Excellent explanation, that's good stuff! -jazz On Aug 8, 2016 11:22 AM, "Dave Scobie" <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
I wonder why the duplicate hull numbers?
how it worked, when i asked Jerry the same question as my old M15 is one of two #288s, is each boat build was kept on a clipboard in the shop. on that clipboard there was suppose to be a plastic strip that was laid into the mold to imprint the HIN. sometime these would be missing and the guys would just make one ... ending up in the occasional duplication. other times the guys didn't confirm the strip was removed from the hull mold and when seeing one in place they would just lay up the next hull ... resulting in duplication. the other is that sometimes two strips were made with the same HIN.
as you can see my old M15, and the second #288, and yours and the second #279 were likely in the shop at the same time ... and this was the busiest time Jerry experienced while Montgomery Marine Products was around. Jerry & crew were kicking a M15 out the door daily. very possible in a small shop working so fast a few things slipped through the cracks.
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On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
Agreed it appears there's 2 #279's. How strange. I wonder why the duplicate hull numbers?
And apologies for all my typos, I'm usually on the go and fat thumbing my phone! I always see them after the fact..hahaha
Jazz