Ted, Sorry, but I had to chuckle at your comment, "without much added cost"? And then wonder.......is this your first boat? When purchasing any item for a boat, consider a reasonable cost and then multiply that by a factor of 3!!! I have purchased new sails, but for me the cost of having new numbers sewn on was not worth the extra cost. As far as the number on the sail, relative to your boat number, check the HIN. It is located on the transom on the upper Starboard side. The format is MMP xx 9999 MM YY. MMP = Montgomery Marine Products, xx = Boat type 15 or 17, 9999 = boat number, MM = month of manufacture, YY = year of manufacture. Happy sailing!! Skip -----Original Message----- From: Ted Weidenbach <weid0069@umn.edu> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:35 pm Subject: M_Boats: Main Sail Quick question... So first question. My sail says 114 on it, does that mean it is the 114th monty uilt? Also, does that mean it is the original sail? Finally, when I get new ails made can I have them put that number back on the sail without much added ost? Last Question. I put the mast up for the first time and it is extremely hard to ull the main sail up the mast. I don't think I rigged anything wrong but damn, f it is like that all the time I am going to run into problems. I am going to ube it when I take it for the first sail tomorrow but I was wondering if anyone an point me in the direction on pictures of the top of the mast and the main ail lines running through them in the appropriate manner. It is possible I am tupid and rigged it wrong at the top. Tomorrow will be my first sail, any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks, ed