Info plate on SN

Hi
Is there a way of seeing what was on the ID plate as it has worn off, but has a faint ghost image left if I hold it in a dim light.
As my boat has no other markings left just the engine number, which I think would have changed over the years.
My SN could 1976 or up to 78.

Many thanks roger.

Roger, You might want to try and get an "etching" or "rubbing" of it. Place a blank white sheet of paper across it and lightly color over it with a dark colored crayon, artists chalk or by using a #2 pencil (not mechanical) and rub it back and forth with as much surface area of the lead as you can. Hopefully that will work. Let us know.

Hi
Thanks for all the thoughts 79 shall post pic of plate and boat ( its all in bits at the moment).
Morfoot
Shall try the rubbing out, and let you know how it works.
Tomski
I have all the floor out,and engine,stringers would have been ok for few years, but gone for complete renew, so when I regel the boat will not move and crack the gel. will post pic of it so far as it has been drying out
for 2 weeks ready for the new stringers.
Sounds like you are on the same track, best of luck as the floor is not to bad to remove,but wet foam and the smell is not good.
Thanks for the thread shall have a look.

Thanks All roger.

HI
Some shots with the foam out
roger.

Hey Tim; Fix this guys pics so we can see them better huh?

UK; Keep up the good work and keep those pics coming. We love to watch the progress. Stick with Paul...if he ain't got it...you ain't gonna get it!

john

Nice engine stand!

nautiquefanatic
Paul thanks for your post, let me know if you find parts, I know you are the man for parts.
Had a look for this number,nothing as yet, you do mean up inside the boat, if it was on the outside the boat has had many coats of paint, so long gone.

thanks roger.

uk1979 wrote: if it was on the outside the boat has had many coats of paint, so long gone.

It is on the outside, and yours may even have filler in it. I bet someone here knows how to recover it.

BuffaloBFN
Hi Glad you like the engine stand, got the idea when I saw your one in the pick up, just add a small mod so I can move it around with a pallet truck or fork lift.
Thanks for info on the number, shall get the sander out.
Will post a picture on the pallet truck.

roger

8122pbrainard
Hi Thanks for your thoughts, well spotted on the Maple I had some off cuts, so as it came from the US its only right to use on an SN.
I am changing all the stringer's,I hope to use grp but hard to find something in the UK that would work, so it's back to wood,will use a mahogany type wood I think,all coated in Epoxy and re fixed with Epoxy.
Please keep all the feed back coming as it all helps as this is my first boat.
roger.

Roger: Sure is "fun" talking to you and Tom...you guys even post with a British accent. That is one of the great things about this site. We get to meet guys from all over that love these boats.

You sure got yourself a project for your first boat but I bet you'll be glad you did it when its finished. Probably not to many C/C's over there huh?

Keep up the good work and those pictures.

john

Rodger, It sounds like you have some wood background in you but I'd like to get my 2 cents in or in your case wouldn't that be a couple of shillings!! If you go with mahogany for the stringers, be very careful on the species. These days so called mahoganies come in many species that only resemble the good old African and Hondurus. The one to stay away from is Okume. It is popular especially in plywoods but it is very prone to rot. Okume is used successfully in cold molded boat hulls but this is because that method is epoxy saturation of the wood. From a cost standpoint, in the UK, you can probably get a mahogany for less that our standard over here - Douglas fir. Close relatives to the doug fir that you may want to investigate would be Sitka spruce (Scandinavian) or Siberian larch. Keep the pictures coming!

When you get a chance, go back in and edit your posts with the pictures. Using the "enter" key between the picture descriptions will stack them from top to bottom instead of left to right. This will narrow up the thread to a normal page width and just make it easier to read.

I must say again that you certainly have a project in your hands!

jbear
Thanks to you guys over in the US for all the help, Correct Craft is not a well known in the UK I came across the make on holiday on the Greek island of Corfu, the 2 boats run 8 hours a day 6 days a week from May to midd October each year, with few brake downs and this year will be my 7th, so if a boat can do that its the one for me, so I looked around for one there are a few around new and old, and could go new but its not me,like to build and restore find it more fun,each to there own I think.

roger.

Sure like the sound of your wife Tom.

Roger; I agree...to restore is more fun...at least for us guys that don't have to do all that messy work...we just get to enjoy your labors.

Keep those pictures coming guys.

john