Hello everyone. I own what was sold to me as a 1972 Ericson 35-2. However in the year and a half I've owned her I've run into some literature that suggest it's not a 35-2 but a 35? One of these books was the hull manual used by the boatyard for haul outs. In that book my hull or should I say where my prop shaft comes out (from the keel) suggest it's a 35. But my engine sits in the dinette settee which most of my other brochures says it's a 35-2???? I've have found a 6 digit number on a board under my cockpit above my fuel tank. I did check the number with documented vessel search and nothing came up with that number. I was thinking it could be my hull production number but that would have been alot of hulls for 1972. Any ideas? Steve
35 or 35-2 ??
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The 35 is a full keel boat
The E35-2 has a fin keel. It also has a very distinctive transom shape when viewed from aft of the cockpit. Here is a link to the sail data that includes a picture: http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=1708
The E35-2 has a fin keel. It also has a very distinctive transom shape when viewed from aft of the cockpit. Here is a link to the sail data that includes a picture: http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=1708
Ericson HINs - Yada Yada....
Take a look at the attached - like the previous poster mentioned - the date you cited makes it a 35-2.
What's the hull number?
//sse
Take a look at the attached - like the previous poster mentioned - the date you cited makes it a 35-2.
What's the hull number?
//sse
Gary Schroeder
Member II
Cg # ?
That looks like a Coast Guard Documentation Number.
That looks like a Coast Guard Documentation Number.
Your correct I have learned today that my HIN on all my paperwork is a CG doc. # Which I suspected earlier but when I ran that # on the CG search It came back zero??? So how does a guy with what is possibly an expired DOC number do to find out the original ERY number? Is there a plate stamped somewhere?
CaptDan
Member III
The factory HIN should appear on the starboard upper corner of the transom. If the boat's been painted repeatedly, or there's some elaborate graphic hiding it, it's possible that stamp will be hard to see.
However, I seem to recall that earlier vintage E35-2s' hull numbers may have appeared elsewhere.
If that's the case, someone else with that vintage boat will have to chime in.
On a side note, if you want to document your boat, the old CG Doc number can be reactivated - that is - if you want to go that route.
Capt Dan G>E35II "Kunu"
However, I seem to recall that earlier vintage E35-2s' hull numbers may have appeared elsewhere.
If that's the case, someone else with that vintage boat will have to chime in.
On a side note, if you want to document your boat, the old CG Doc number can be reactivated - that is - if you want to go that route.
Capt Dan G>E35II "Kunu"
Gary Schroeder
Member II
CG # search
Go here http://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXSearch.aspx & enter Vessel # = 527522 & you should retrieve "Solace".
Go here http://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXSearch.aspx & enter Vessel # = 527522 & you should retrieve "Solace".
Well according to the Doc# my boat is a 70 and not a 72 as it was sold to me???? I found a paper showing where they officially changed the name of my boat from Cynosure to Solace in 1989. And it was recorded in the Seattle office, so this boat has been in the Northwest for a long time. The fact that the boat came with 15 different sails and her rigging I'm assuming the previous owner was quite the race enthusiast??? I would really like to find out as much about this boat as I can. And since I cannot find a ERY number anywhere on my boat i'm more curious now than ever. It's starting to become an obsession.....lol. If anyone has an idea on tracking down the info Id appreciate any suggestions.....
Do any of those 15 sails have a one-design (i.e. two or three digit) sail number on them? If so, that would establish your hull number.
Find some back issues of NW regional sailing magazines like Castoff, perhaps in a library or perhaps an archive at a local yacht club and look for racing results (1970's and 1980's) with your boat mentioned. Those will show the owner from its early days on the Sound.
Finding that history can be tedious but very interesting when you succeed.
Good luck,
Loren
Find some back issues of NW regional sailing magazines like Castoff, perhaps in a library or perhaps an archive at a local yacht club and look for racing results (1970's and 1980's) with your boat mentioned. Those will show the owner from its early days on the Sound.
Finding that history can be tedious but very interesting when you succeed.
Good luck,
Loren
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Matey
Member III
My stamp
The only record I could find on my 1972 32-2 was a stamp on the rudder head and later confirmed with old pictures found aboard.
DMV was a hassle as mentioned in this thread
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?10286-New-here-and-just-bought-an-older-E32
Good luck, Greg
Your correct I have learned today that my HIN on all my paperwork is a CG doc. # Which I suspected earlier but when I ran that # on the CG search It came back zero??? So how does a guy with what is possibly an expired DOC number do to find out the original ERY number? Is there a plate stamped somewhere?
The only record I could find on my 1972 32-2 was a stamp on the rudder head and later confirmed with old pictures found aboard.
DMV was a hassle as mentioned in this thread
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?10286-New-here-and-just-bought-an-older-E32
Good luck, Greg
Is that main sail # repeated on your genny and spinnaker? That might be the racing number for that particular boat issued by US Sailing. The stamped #132-35 might be the proof the you have the 135th hull of the Ericson 35-2 series.
LB
exoduse35
Sustaining Member
That's Odd
35-2s started at 101 and 163 was built in Aug. of '70 so #132 would have been made late '69 or early '70 and you say that it is a '72.???? Where did you get the year from? I am not doubting the number as it was unlikely a mistake but it would change the year. Do you have ant photos of the interior as they did make subtle changes over the years. The very early ones had pin rails to cap the shelves and a post at the end of the nav station/ dinette bulkhead. Later they used a plank with oval grab holes and omitted the post. Edd
35-2s started at 101 and 163 was built in Aug. of '70 so #132 would have been made late '69 or early '70 and you say that it is a '72.???? Where did you get the year from? I am not doubting the number as it was unlikely a mistake but it would change the year. Do you have ant photos of the interior as they did make subtle changes over the years. The very early ones had pin rails to cap the shelves and a post at the end of the nav station/ dinette bulkhead. Later they used a plank with oval grab holes and omitted the post. Edd
hull # trivia
I do not know when Ericson started numbering their hulls with "100" but do know that my '88 is labeled hull #108, when in fact it is hull #8 from the Ericson factory.
I have heard rumors that other builders would start their model runs with 100 rather than at 001, but I am not sure why or to what advantage.
Loren
I do not know when Ericson started numbering their hulls with "100" but do know that my '88 is labeled hull #108, when in fact it is hull #8 from the Ericson factory.
I have heard rumors that other builders would start their model runs with 100 rather than at 001, but I am not sure why or to what advantage.
Loren
