Hello Anna, Just chiming in here. The registration #s are still on the boat (CF 6382 GY) You could try, as Mr.Keeler suggest, contacting the California DMV. They could, I'm sure for a fee, provide you with the Hull number associated with the CF #s That would tell you who the owners were at the time of registration, date of manufacture, as well as the manufacturer. You could try doing this on line at the Ca DMV website. This boat has an unusual deck layout for an M17, I'd like to see more of the cockpit. Bill thanks for setting up the page. Mark E M17 F/D #103 AMY ----- Original Message ---- From: Ronnie Keeler <ronkeeler@hotmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:31:00 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Freebird Anna, If you are buying the boat in Hondurus, I think I would start by finding out what the Hondurian laws are regarding boat registration. There may be a reason that the numbers were removed to comply with local laws and a local registration number assigined. While I was living in Germany, I bought a boat which was built in the UK an d had Croatian registration. The German authorities went by the Croation numbers to transfer the papers. I considered bringing the boat back to the USA and registering here would have been based on the German registration documents. Does the boat have a current registration in a US state? If for example, if the boat has California numbers on the bow, you could probably go back to the California records to get the MFG number. In any case, if the boat was custom built by either Montgomery or Northsea for a special purpose, I am sure Jerry Montgomery or Northsea would be able to help. My philosophy when living overseas was "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". Ron
From: annemiek_munneke@hotmail.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:13:09 +0100> Subject: M_Boats: Freebird> > Hi everybody,> I wonder if any of you could help me answer a few questions. My boyfriend and I are looking at buying our first sailboat. It is a Montgomery 17 called Freebird. We have done some searching and found that some of you know a little about her. We understand that she was made specially in order for a guy to sail across the Pacific. She has a bridge deck to reduce the cockpit size. She is looking a little tired now and we want to buy her and make her right again. The thing is we are in Honduras, so is she. The guy selling her has no registration documents and she has no hull ID number (seems to have been sanded off). He says he bought her from a guy who sailed her from California, through the Panama canal. He has owned her for about 8 years.> So if you could tell us:> more about the chain of ownershipyear of productionor any other relevant information> We would really appreciate any advice or knowledge you can offer.> > Thanks in advance, > Anna> > _________________________________________________________________> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!> http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/> _______________________________________________> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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