Where is the serial # on a Hurricane Deckboat?
 

I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?

Where is the serial # on a Hurricane Deckboat?
 

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I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


It seems that most boat manufacturers have standardized on the starboard
transom. Stand behind your boat and look to the right of the engine, near
the edge of the transom and above the water line. Sometimes the numbers are
hard to see as they are stamped into the fiberglass with no color
difference.

RCE

Where is the serial # on a Hurricane Deckboat?
 

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"RH" wrote in message
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I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


It seems that most boat manufacturers have standardized on the starboard
transom. Stand behind your boat and look to the right of the engine, near
the edge of the transom and above the water line. Sometimes the numbers
are hard to see as they are stamped into the fiberglass with no color
difference.


Usually they are on the starboard transom, but sometimes they will be on the
starboard side of an integrated swim platform as well. If there is swim
platform on the boat, look above it, on the edge of it, and under it on the
starboard side. It should be there somewhere. This assumes that the
Hurricane is a fiberglass boat. If it's an aluminum boat, I have no idea
where it is, but would guess it's also somewhere near the starboard transom,
probably with some sort of tag fastened to the hull or decking.

Where is the serial # on a Hurricane Deckboat?
 

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RH wrote:
I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


See photo at:

http://www.boat-world.com/displaypic...332743&picno=2

enlarge if you need to.

See the plate to the right of the outboard? Bingo. :-)


Wonder how he's gonna do a rubbing off of that? It doesn't look like it's
got any 3D relief to it.

I also wonder if maybe the plate has gone missing. Not sure how anyone
could have missed anything that obvious.

Where is the serial # on a Hurricane Deckboat?
 

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RH wrote:
I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


See photo at:

http://www.boat-world.com/displaypic...332743&picno=2

enlarge if you need to.

See the plate to the right of the outboard? Bingo. :-)


Wonder how he's gonna do a rubbing off of that? It doesn't look like it's
got any 3D relief to it.

I also wonder if maybe the plate has gone missing. Not sure how anyone
could have missed anything that obvious.


When the OP first asked, I did a quick Google for his boat and found a
couple of stern view pictures of two that were for sale. Neither had an
obvious plate like the one Chuck found. Either that or you just couldn't
see them.
I thought the hull number had to be put on in a way that it would be obvious
if it was tampered with ...

RCE

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RH wrote:
I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


See photo at:

http://www.boat-world.com/displaypic...332743&picno=2

enlarge if you need to.

See the plate to the right of the outboard? Bingo. :-)


Wonder how he's gonna do a rubbing off of that? It doesn't look like
it's got any 3D relief to it.

I also wonder if maybe the plate has gone missing. Not sure how anyone
could have missed anything that obvious.


When the OP first asked, I did a quick Google for his boat and found a
couple of stern view pictures of two that were for sale. Neither had an
obvious plate like the one Chuck found. Either that or you just couldn't
see them.
I thought the hull number had to be put on in a way that it would be
obvious if it was tampered with ...

RCE


That has been the experience with each boat I have owned........it was
always imprinted in the gelcoat and always on the starboard side on the
transom.

That method is not tamperproof as on can easily grind out the numbers,
re-gelcoat and imprint a new number in the new gelcoat. ;-)

Where is the serial # on a Hurricane Deckboat?
 

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RH wrote:
I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


See photo at:

http://www.boat-world.com/displaypic...332743&picno=2

enlarge if you need to.

See the plate to the right of the outboard? Bingo. :-)


Wonder how he's gonna do a rubbing off of that? It doesn't look like it's
got any 3D relief to it.

I also wonder if maybe the plate has gone missing. Not sure how anyone
could have missed anything that obvious.

The numbers should be stamped into the plate. If so, it's possible to
get a rubbing by pressing very lightly with the pencil. Even the
smallest depression will show up with a careful enough technique.

I'd be reluctant to buy a boat with a missing HIN. Theoretically, the
plate isn't supposed to be removable without doing some serious damage
to the hull.....but I wouldn't be easily convinced that's the case by
looking at the plate in the photo. Almost looks like its held on with
pop rivets. (!)

Where is the serial # on a Hurricane Deckboat?
 

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RH wrote:

I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


See photo at:

http://www.boat-world.com/displaypic...332743&picno=2

enlarge if you need to.

See the plate to the right of the outboard? Bingo. :-)


Wonder how he's gonna do a rubbing off of that? It doesn't look like it's
got any 3D relief to it.

I also wonder if maybe the plate has gone missing. Not sure how anyone
could have missed anything that obvious.



When the OP first asked, I did a quick Google for his boat and found a
couple of stern view pictures of two that were for sale. Neither had an
obvious plate like the one Chuck found. Either that or you just couldn't
see them.
I thought the hull number had to be put on in a way that it would be obvious
if it was tampered with ...

RCE



Here's how mine looks..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/Hpim0110.jpg

Where is the serial # on a Hurricane Deckboat?
 

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RH wrote:

I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


See photo at:

http://www.boat-world.com/displaypic...332743&picno=2

enlarge if you need to.

See the plate to the right of the outboard? Bingo. :-)


Wonder how he's gonna do a rubbing off of that? It doesn't look like
it's got any 3D relief to it.

I also wonder if maybe the plate has gone missing. Not sure how anyone
could have missed anything that obvious.



When the OP first asked, I did a quick Google for his boat and found a
couple of stern view pictures of two that were for sale. Neither had an
obvious plate like the one Chuck found. Either that or you just couldn't
see them.
I thought the hull number had to be put on in a way that it would be
obvious if it was tampered with ...

RCE

Here's how mine looks..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/Hpim0110.jpg

That's pretty typical on fiberglass hulls.

RCE

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I need to make a rubbing of the serial number off a 2005 198R hurricane
deckboat and for the life of me i cant find it.Where is it located at?


See photo at:

http://www.boat-world.com/displaypic...332743&picno=2

enlarge if you need to.

See the plate to the right of the outboard? Bingo. :-)


Wonder how he's gonna do a rubbing off of that? It doesn't look like
it's got any 3D relief to it.

I also wonder if maybe the plate has gone missing. Not sure how anyone
could have missed anything that obvious.



When the OP first asked, I did a quick Google for his boat and found a
couple of stern view pictures of two that were for sale. Neither had an
obvious plate like the one Chuck found. Either that or you just couldn't
see them.
I thought the hull number had to be put on in a way that it would be
obvious if it was tampered with ...

RCE

Here's how mine looks..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/Hpim0110.jpg


That's pretty typical on fiberglass hulls.

RCE


I also have a little metal plate with my hull number/sail number rivited
to the transom inside the cockpit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...d/Hpim0109.jpg