hull identification

[mrossum]

bought a "haskell" last year. papers say haskell. hull id number decodes as an "apache". i can't find the hull number on the hull :cry: . any help with id number location on either of these hulls.

[Cole1313]

bought a "haskell" last year. papers say haskell. hull id number decodes as an "apache". i can't find the hull number on the hull :cry: . any help with id number location on either of these hulls.
If you can not find the hullid number, how did you find out that it was an apache?? I must be reading it wrong.

[wright27]

back top right corner. sounds fishy to me. Oh and also what cole said.

[old rigger]

back top right corner. sounds fishy to me. Oh and also what cole said.
Depends what year the boat is. Anything before 74 or so, won't have any numbers on the transom.
Even though coast guard required numbers in '72 or '73, many lagged for years before they bought the gun that stamped the numbers in the tape to be inserted into the mold.
So your boat is either older than that, or someone filled them in for some reason. :frown:
Haskell Boats was out in the valley here in So Cal, on, oddly enough, Haskell Blvd.

[olbiezer]

i had a 76 haskell its numbers were on the right rear upper corner.....got a pic of this haskell in question?

[mrossum]

If you can not find the hullid number, how did you find out that it was an apache?? I must be reading it wrong.
by the hull id number on the title.

[mrossum]

i had a 76 haskell its numbers were on the right rear upper corner.....got a pic of this haskell in question?
here is only picture i have of this boat. will try to get a better pic tomorrow when i get home from work.

[Oldsquirt]

by the hull id number on the title.
So the title says "Haskell" but the HIN on the title starts with ???
Does the title state the year of the hull?
Does the hull appear to have been repainted?

[mrossum]

So the title says "Haskell" but the HIN on the title starts with ???
Does the title state the year of the hull?
Does the hull appear to have been repainted?
HIN starts with AHX
title lists year as 83
hull does not appear to be reapinted, but can't really tell for sure

[mrossum]

If you can not find the hullid number, how did you find out that it was an apache?? I must be reading it wrong.
you didn't read it wrong. i just didn't explain very well. hull id number from title decodes as apache. i can not find the number physically on the hull

[olbiezer]

this was my 76 haskell they look alot alike to me
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/521/1789boat_with_ski.jpg

[Cole1313]

you didn't read it wrong. i just didn't explain very well. hull id number from title decodes as apache. i can not find the number physically on the hull
That is really weird. There are no other tags on the boat? Under the deck? On a stringer?

[wright27]

UHHHH Hot boat,Fake paper work.

[mrossum]

That is really weird. There are no other tags on the boat? Under the deck? On a stringer?
have not been able to locate any other numbers. i did look a little closer, and have determined that boat has been repainted. looks like they sprayed over the existing gel with new gel. wierd.

[mrossum]

UHHHH Hot boat,Fake paper work.
my first thought!!!
dmv did register it, though. maybe just a fluke

[Cole1313]

have not been able to locate any other numbers. i did look a little closer, and have determined that boat has been repainted. looks like they sprayed over the existing gel with new gel. wierd.
Well if you are really curious I would find some way to scrape the new gel off. I am sure some of the older guys on the board would know how to find it.

[old rigger]

dmv did register it, though. maybe just a fluke
The dmv will regester anything, so don't put much stock in that.
Back in the 70's when we were at Hawaiian, there was a rigger there that, as a side line, stole boats and re-sold them. The changing of the numbers on the transom is the easiest thing in the world to do. He and his partner would steal a boat, order a new trailer for it. Go down to the Golden Shores launch ramp at night and launch the boat with the original trailer lashed to it. Cruise out by the Queen Mary and cut the trailer loose. Take the boat back to the launch ramp and put it on the new legal trailer.
Sometimes the builder would hide another number on the inside of a gunale or someplace like that incase the boat was stolen and the numbers on the transom were doctored up, but that took about 10 minutes for the guys stealing boats to get wise too.

[roostwear]

With paint this may not work, but it's worth a try. Get the brightest light you can (a favorite-Harbor Freight 1 million candlepower- $9.95), and shine it from the inside of the hull at the upper right corner of the transom. Obviously helps if it's as dark as possible out. Sometimes you can see the old HIN that has been filled/gelled/painted over.
If nothing else, you've spent $10 on a spotlight that comes in handy on those night floats. :D

[Cole1313]

The dmv will regester anything, so don't put much stock in that.
Back in the 70's when we were at Hawaiian, there was a rigger there that, as a side line, stole boats and re-sold them. The changing of the numbers on the transom is the easiest thing in the world to do. He and his partner would steal a boat, order a new trailer for it. Go down to the Golden Shores launch ramp at night and launch the boat with the original trailer lashed to it. Cruise out by the Queen Mary and cut the trailer loose. Take the boat back to the launch ramp and put it on the new legal trailer.
Sometimes the builder would hide another number on the inside of a gunale or someplace like that incase the boat was stolen and the numbers on the transom were doctored up, but that took about 10 minutes for the guys stealing boats to get wise too.
This is just wrong! But kind of a neat idea on the trailer dumping.