Touche's sail number, 10435, was issued by USYRU. USYRU became USSA in 1991.
However, the numbering scheme was the same as Rick references below.
My previous boat, not being a racer, simply used the hull number, 297.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #84
Mandeville, LA
>________________________________
> From: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net>
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:06 PM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Sail numbering
>
>In my experience, there are three ways to get a sail number:
>
>1) Pick a number that you like that is less than 5 digits, and stick with
>it. I've known a few people who elected to do this - but that was primarily
>because they did not know that the sail numbers actually have a certain
>logic to them.
>
>2) Use you hull number, which you will find stamped in your transom, on your
>title, on your registration or documentation, etc. Here is a link that
>explains how to read the HIN for your boat:
>http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.html The sail numbers on my 25
>mk1 are 225. The HIN is CCY252250274, hence hull number 225.
>
>3) Get an "official" North American sail number by the process used at US
>Sailing and the Canadian Yachting Association. Go to
>http://offshore.ussailing.org/Sail_Numbers.htm to look at the process.
>Basically the numbers are issued by several regional authorities including
>the Detroit River Yachting Assn., CBYRA, CYA, etc. The numbers are 5 digits
>long and issued sequentially. The last 4 digits will tell you the region
>where the number was issued, For example the 15202 on my 38 footer was
>issued by DRYA when the boat eas first raced. Tom Sippel's 84033 came from
>CYC.
>
>
>Rick Brass
>Washington, NC
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Paul
>Taylor
>Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:06 AM
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Subject: Stus-List Sail numbering
>
>I have a 1977 29 mk1, are the sail numbers the same as part of the hull
>number or were the arbitrarily assigned.
>
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