We're kind of splitting hairs here, but. I should have said:
M means it is the optional model year format of HIN (which could not be used after 1984) 81 is the model year E is the certification date in December 1980, which is start of production for the boat. The shipwright's term for that is laying the keel. Even though our boats are started in a mold and the keel is added much later, in times gone by the process of building a wooden vessel started by laying down the keel and building the hull from there. Like a lot of nautical terms, it is still in the language. In model year format, boat model years were considered to start in September of the previous year (81 model year started in September 1980) and the character used for the month of certification started with A for August, B for September, etc. In the HIN format used after 1984, the last 4 characters show both the date the vessel was certified (started) and the model year of the boat, which reflects the reality that it can take longer than a month or two to actually build a boat. For example, the first of the Perry-designed Pacific Seacraft 62s was laid down in late 2013 and scheduled to launch June 2014. But the purchaser keeps changing things and the boat is still on the weighs (the traditional term for "in production") and the last I heard won't launch until this summer. Rick From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:12 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 30 one design M81E is the 4 digit date code. It is the date that the boat was "certified", meaning the date the certificate of origin was created as part of the build order. There are two legal methods for date codes. They can be either 4 numbers, or a combination of numbers and letters. In this case, the M is a meaningless placeholder, followed by the year 81, and E, which is December. The date does not always coincide with a "model year", although it can if a boat of a particular model year has paperwork created during the model year. If the paperwork is created before the model year begins, which does happen, it will be the date the paperwork was created. Bill Bina On 1/20/2015 9:57 PM, Rick Brass via CnC-List wrote: ZCC is C&C Yachts..NOTL plant I think 30 is model 671 is hull number M81 is 81 model E is the keel laid down (production started) in December 1980 (boat model years start in September, like cars, so boats started in August of a given year (A) are the next model year) Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Curtis via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 2:33 PM To: Hoyt, Mike; cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 30 one design ZZC- 30- 671- M81- E What do they mean?
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