Personally I would be leary of a boat with a ground off HIN. But having said that, there might be a duplicate HIN inside. Don't know if that is the case with Freebird, but around 1984 or so manufacturers had to put a duplicate HIN elsewhere on the vessel. Jerry M might be of help on this one. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annemiek Munneke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:13 PM Subject: M_Boats: Freebird
> Hi everybody, > I wonder if any of you could help me answer a few questions. My boyfriend > and I are looking at buying our first sailboat. It is a Montgomery 17 > called Freebird. We have done some searching and found that some of you > know a little about her. We understand that she was made specially in > order for a guy to sail across the Pacific. She has a bridge deck to > reduce the cockpit size. She is looking a little tired now and we want to > buy her and make her right again. The thing is we are in Honduras, so is > she. The guy selling her has no registration documents and she has no hull > ID number (seems to have been sanded off). He says he bought her from a > guy who sailed her from California, through the Panama canal. He has owned > her for about 8 years. > So if you could tell us: > more about the chain of ownershipyear of productionor any other relevant > information > We would really appreciate any advice or knowledge you can offer. > > Thanks in advance, > Anna > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
