Moody 33 Mk 1

[ithet]

The numbers stamped onto the stern of these older Moodys are not individual identification. They are the code issued by Lloyds for the moulding and are the same for all hulls from the mould. You might even have an original certificate for this. The Moody yard numbers consist of a letter followed by four digits, and as well as the switch panel, are often written on the reverse of various panels.

 

[ianfr]

Yikes!

SSR is easier

Ian

 

[ianfr]

He's not a bad bloke.

Thanks Roger, your kind demonstration of the joys of Moodys has paid off.
One good thing on the 33 is the toilet out pipe is easy to get to! LOL!

Ian

 

[ianfr]

Welcome aboard, Ian!

Thank you kind sir

 

[Tranona]

Yikes!

SSR is easier

Ian

Easier than what? Lack of a HIN (or indeed any other identity mark) is not a hindrance to registering on Part 1. So long as the record of title tallies with the boat there is no problem. Thousands of boats are in exactly the same position, being built long before having an individual identity on the boat was considered important. Indeed the main method of identity was by registering the boat on what is now Part 1 or on the old Lloyds register.

 

[Pasarell]

I add my welcome to the MOA!
On my 33Mk1 there was nothing in any of the places mentioned including the internal locker lids which were original. I did have a neat metal plate fixed to the cockpit side just to starboard of the (offset) companionway to the main cabin. I understand that had once had all the information but it was polished completely clean when I bought the boat. I understand the early 33's were molded by a variety of companies until Moody settled on Marine Projects so assume details were in various places according to those builders normal practice.
My current boat has all information in the correct places but it's 22 years newer. I can't imagine why the MOA would need the information but that seems to be getting sorted by Dick.

 

[Graham376]

I can't imagine why the MOA would need the information but that seems to be getting sorted by Dick.

I'm told the idea was to be able to look up the history of individual Moody boats which could be searched by hull no. or such. Many boats change name with owners - I think ours has had at least 4 names so, without past bills of sale it's impossible to check on its history/owners. Unfortunately the new data protection laws are making life difficult for many associations and clubs so it may never happen.

 

[PeterWright]

My 1979 M33 mk2 has the HIN number on the transom, can't remember wether Port or Stbd but it's near the top.

She may well have a number there, but it can't be a HIN if she was built in 1979. The first standard for European HINs, ISO 10087.95, was not issued until 1995. If your number starts LR, then the main part of it ( all except the LR and the last three digits) will be the number of her Lloyds certificate of Hull Construction. I've never worked out how Marine Projects derived the last three digits.

 

[PeterWright]

The numbers stamped onto the stern of these older Moodys are not individual identification. They are the code issued by Lloyds for the moulding and are the same for all hulls from the mould. You might even have an original certificate for this. The Moody yard numbers consist of a letter followed by four digits, and as well as the switch panel, are often written on the reverse of various panels.

In my experience, the number used by Marine Projects to mould into the transom of their yachts prior to the issue of the EU HIN standard (1995) was based on the individual yacht's Lloyds certificate of hull construction and so was unique to each yacht, not common to all out of the same mould.

I entirely agree with your description of their Yard numbering - the letter was the same for all yachts of a given model.


Peter

 

[ithet]

In my experience, the number used by Marine Projects to mould into the transom of their yachts prior to the issue of the EU HIN standard (1995) was based on the individual yacht's Lloyds certificate of hull construction and so was unique to each yacht, not common to all out of the same mould.
Peter

You are probably right then. I had been told that the Lloyds certification applied to the build process and moulds and that the numbers were not individual, by a surveyor when looking at registering the boat myself.