Sail number K9350Y

[NUTMEG]

Yesterday I managed to raise the main on my 'new to me' Mk1 Crabber 24.
(First day since getting her that wind has been light enough). On the main I found this sail number and nothing else K9350Y.

Any ideas what it means, what class, etc? Sail was fitted new in 2006.

It is not her call sign or anything I recognise.

 

[scottie]

It is a sequential number issued by the RYA essential if racing it
They are issued on apllication
If you contact them they should give any details handicap etc

Worth putting on your cg66? Form as it is a excellent way of indetifying you boat
Much better than white boat with white sails about 20ft with gaff sail.

 

[chinita]

Yesterday I managed to raise the main on my 'new to me' Mk1 Crabber 24.
(First day since getting her that wind has been light enough). On the main I found this sail number and nothing else K9350Y.

Any ideas what it means, what class, etc? Sail was fitted new in 2006.

It is not her call sign or anything I recognise.

I have just looked it up on the British Register of Sails and that one is listed as belonging to a Contessa 26 in Port Edgar.

 

[prv]

I have just looked it up on the British Register of Sails and that one is listed as belonging to a Contessa 26 in Port Edgar.

This isn't one of those ugly bermudan-rigged Crabbers, is it? Otherwise I can't see how the sail from a Contessa 26 could possibly fit.

If it is, then obviously the sail is second-hand from a boat that used to race.

Pete

 

[NUTMEG]

Thanks so far...

Nope, she is a gaffer, tan sails etc.
I think she was used for racing, lots of extra blocks and bottlescrews everywhere (original mk1's had shrouds etc fixed with lanyards). Also she had an extra long bowsprit.

Def not 27' sloop!

Pics on the blog, I will add a picture of the main, with the offending number this eve.

Thanks chaps.

 

[NUTMEG]

It is a sequential number issued by the RYA essential if racing it
They are issued on apllication
If you contact them they should give any details handicap etc

Worth putting on your cg66? Form as it is a excellent way of indetifying you boat
Much better than white boat with white sails about 20ft with gaff sail.

Thanks Scottie, I will do that.

 

[prv]

Nope, she is a gaffer, tan sails etc.

How very bizarre, then, that somebody should have put the sail number from a Contessa 26 from Port Edgar on them.

I wonder if there was a cockup at the registry and they issued the same number twice?

A race-tuned Crabber is a new one on me . Another local owner challenged me to a race in Kindred Spirit, but sadly we never got round to it before he sold his.

Pete

 

[lw395]

Any new sail in 2006 should have had a GBR prefix, not K.

Is the Y suffix a number issued by the Royal Clyde?

 

[NUTMEG]

The Plot Thickens...

Currently in a meeting. Bored or what. Sail numbers MUCH more interesting!

I will check her inventory but am sure it said 'new main 2006' but it might have been 2004.

 

[snooks]

Sail numbers are class specific IIRC Although the RYA recommend that every sail number is unique, they aren't...Look though the entry list of the RTIR and you'll see a few boats with the same number

 

[A1Sailor]

The sail number K9350Y is not in the list of those issued by the Clyde Yacht Clubs Association.
See http://www.cyca-online.org.uk/ or on second thoughts don't - it isn't listed!

 

[onesea]

Got to say just sneaked a look at your blog and the extended bow sprit really does suit here..

 

[geoid96]

K and GBR sail numbers with the suffix Y, L, T and N were issued by the RYA. Suffix C was issued by Clyde Yacht Clubs' Association and R by RORC.

The change to GBR was a lot earlier than 2004. I had a GBR sail number issued in 1999.

 

[GrahamD]

Sounds dodgy to me. Could it have been crashed, written off, and rebuilt from several boats?

 

[markhomer]

a sail number suffixed with c is issued by the clyde yacht club association , gbr infront is optional .

the suffix y I think comes from numbers issued by the RYA .

I would guess you can have numbers with the same digits but different suffix's


if it has the same digits and suffix , something has gone wrong .

doesnt sound like it is a case of sail of another boat from above .

as a matter od interest where do you find "british register of sails " ??? my googling cant find it

 

[chinita]

Sounds dodgy to me. Could it have been crashed, written off, and rebuilt from several boats?

....or cloned?

 

[Wunja]

Isn't a sail number issued to a boat rather than to a sail? So the age of the sail wouldn't be relevant to whether it is prefixed with a K or GBR.

Happy to be proven wrong on this as I have no pretensions to be a go-faster boatist!

 

[lw395]

Isn't a sail number issued to a boat rather than to a sail? So the age of the sail wouldn't be relevant to whether it is prefixed with a K or GBR.

Happy to be proven wrong on this as I have no pretensions to be a go-faster boatist!

The prefix changed, so a boat that used to be K471 became GBR471.
At least that's what happened in international classes.
I suspect a few classics still use K.
I think the change must have been in the 90's, with an overlap.

 

[skip50]

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[Seajet]

Might well be worth sorting out the confusion over which boat is officially registered with the number, before putting it on CG66 etc; if either boat was involved in difficulties etc it could be either distressing to the wrong family or delay the right one being contacted ?