I have accumulated a list of 51 C&C 29's both mark 1 and mark 2. Thought I could offer some insights into the HIN discussion.
According to the US Coast Guard the following designations were used for C&C (I did not investigate prior to 1974) - CCY assigned to Middletown, RI from April 13 / 78 to November 6 / 85 when the plant closed - CCY assigned to the C&C custom plant in Oakville, Ontario from April 1 / 83 to ???? - ZCC assigned to Niagara on the Lake, Ontario from December 12 / 74 to ????? The Oakville plant was mostly custom built boats but I believe that they did do some "finishing work" on some production boats.... I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS ACCURATE Based on known hull numbers and discussion on the list, I believe the following is closer to the truth. - Prior to February 1976 - CCY used by Niagara on the Lake - After February 1976 - ZCC used by Niagara on the Lake - Between February 1976 and November 1985 - CCY used by Middletown, RI (plant closed in November 1985) The following may shed some light on the way C&C assigned HIN numbers C&C 29 mark 1 - ZCCxx006xxxx - July 76 - built in Niagara - ZCCxx127xxxx - June 77 - built in Niagara - CCYxx504xxxx - October 76 - built in Rhode Island - CCYxx693xxxx - December 77 - built in Rhode Island - Stopped production in 1982 C&C 29 mark 2 - Started production in 1982 - ZCCxx201xxxx - August 1982 - built in Niagara NOTE that they started numbering the mark 2 at number 201 and there are mark 1's and mark 2's with the same hull number (manufacture dates will be different) - ZCCxx507xxxx - August 1985 - built in Niagara - CCYxx693xxxx - April 1984 - built in RI (this is my boat) - CCYxx702xxxx - August 1985 - built in RI - Based on the hull numbers, 29 mark 2's were being built / finished in both plants at the same time? - I doubt that there were 2 sets of moulds so I assume that the moulds were transferred from Niagara to RI sometime in 1984 with some "inventory hulls" in Niagara finished after the moulds were transferred (eg hull 507) I do not know how the 35's were numbered. If they used the same system that they did on the 29's then 35 mark 2 boats would have HIN numbers starting at 200 or 201. Bear in mind that the 29-1 and 29-2 were totally different hull designs and moulds ... not just a redesign. - C&C 29 mark 1 - 613 + boats built - C&C 29 mark 2 - 407+ boats built Best regards, Bob Hickson, P. Eng, RHI, CEA C&C 29-2 Flying Colours Frenchman's Bay Yacht Club Pickering, ON (416) 919-2297 <mailto:bobhick...@rogers.com> bobhick...@rogers.com ~~~~ __/) ~~~~
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