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. This boat must hold a record for number of listings. Note manufacturer is listed as 'Reynolds'. Whole lotta pictures this time. http://www.pacificboatbrokers.com/details.asp?File_Number=PA3295 Same boat as here ... http://www.alcanboats.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=83 and here... http://www.alca...

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Re-listed yet again...

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/b ... 92504.html

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islanddiver wrote:Hello, is this boat hull still for sale?
Please advise

See previous post.

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Holy cow, that's like my boat. Thanks for posting, I'm not sure I would have found that one. Looks like new roofs, hahaha, and I know why. Helm looks pretty fancy. Lots more work left to do on the interior. Gas tank is the same, I'm not sure what that other tank is. Looks to be in decent shape but, ...

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PART 2 Sheetmetal (3/16") cut to size and welded in. An angled piece to match the transom was welded along the edge, and two 4" wide "C" channels were welded to mount the angle brackets on. Two smaller "L" angles were also added. Hole for sterndrive clearance cut out. Factory ladder was trimmed off ...

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PART 1 I wanted a westcoast style aluminum swim platform for the boat, so I thought I'd give it a try. Swim platforms often seem to be mounted high off the water for sterndrive clearance which makes it less use-able for swimming and also cuts off access to the drive. I decided to cut a hole in the p...

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. A nice looking example of the 32' Date Listed 16-Jul-10 Price $38,000.00 Address Colonization Rd, Kenora, ON P9N 4C5, Canada View map For Sale By Owner Colour White 32' Alcan Houseboat for sale, tempered aluminum hull, mercury cruiser outdrive with 256 V8 engine, fridge, stove, head, sleeps 6, swi...

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. Date Listed 01-Jul-10 Last Edited 08-Jul-10 Price $39,000.00 Address London, ON Canada For Sale By Owner Year 1969 Colour Blue A 37 foot floating cottage with all the comforts of home, including a large refrigerator/freezer, electric stove, hot and cold water - plus a boat ready to travel anywhere...

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RE-LISTED AND REDUCED http://kelowna.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-boats-watercraft-powerboats-motorboats-Deal-of-the-Century-W0QQAdIdZ214657201 Date Listed 30-Jun-10 Price $15,000.00 Location Kelowna For Sale By Owner 36' Alwest aluminum boat. Built in 1974 and sleeps 6. Bought for $30,000 but can't l...

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More Photos. Click on photo to enlarge.

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. Up for sale again. This time for almost $35,000.(EDIT now $29,750 July 2010) I'm not sure where they get the name 'Reynolds' from. http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/pl_boat_detail.jsp?slim=broker&boat_id=2193357&checked_boats=2193357&hosturl=pmf&&ywo=pmf&&ybw=&units=Feet&access=Public&listin...

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Two interior photos added in the re-list.

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Re-listed.
This appears to have the larger windows from the 290/300

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Here's a different one. Like an Alcan/Alwest, but not like usual. I saved the whole webpage, as Craigslist ads disappear quickly. Unfortunately only one photo.CLICK on the upper picture to make full-size.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/b ... 10939.html

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A 37' with the rear house removed. Parry Sound, Ont. Date Listed 14-Apr-10 Price $32,000.00 Address Parry Sound, ON, Canada View map For Sale By Owner Year 1973 Colour Blue This boat can be used for charters, barging, diving or personal use.Twin 165 hp Mercruser recondition in 2006, updated transom...

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. Not a lot of info in the ad. Only one picture. (Update Oct.2011 More photos added.) Date Listed 06-Apr-10 Price $25,000.00 Address Ontario, Owen Sound N4K 5W4, Canada View map For Sale By Owner Year 1972 Colour Blue 36' Alcan aluminum houseboat in good shape, repowered with Volvo 6 cyl. engines a...

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Hi Wayne,

These ads are only examples taken from the Web, not the original ad. Use the link to go to the actual owner's ad to get info.

If the link is dead, then the boat has probably sold or is off the market. You could also try putting a part of the ad into Google to search for it on-line.

Jay

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A nice looking Alcan 37'. The weight shown of 11,500 is probably only 2/3 of actual. No interior shots. http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-boats-watercraft-powerboats-motorboats-Alcan-370-Housecruiser-W0QQAdIdZ191596937 37’ 40’ overall w/ large platform at stern w/boarding ladder, Beam 11’6”,...

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An Alcan with two diesels for $25,000 seems like a good deal. Note the raised deck up front allowing for more space below, but losing that nice flat deck and easy anchor access. http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/nvn/boa/1809395377.html Date Listed 22-Mar-10 Price $25,000.00 Address Vancouver, BC, C...

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. This boat had been for sale forever. Looks like the owners got tired of it and donated it to charity, then it was sold on Ebay. Listed at yachtworld.com for $39,900 here http://www.alcanboats.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=83 it finally sold for a quarter of that. How many times has that happened ...

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. Called an Alwest but sounds like an Alcan from the aluminum roof description. Only one photo. http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/boa/2011649796.html 37' Alwest - $31000 (PenderHarbour) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2010-02-08, 10:14AM PS...

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. This is the first time I've seen one of these on Ebay. Starting price US$ 3500. Buy It Now US$ 9000. Looks like at least one of these boats made it to the US. I cringe when I think what the wood framing and paneling will look like. If I was closer I would look into getting the window assemblies f...

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. Best of both worlds here. Use for pleasure, operate as dive business, live aboard or both. CSI certified for 22 passengers and 3 crew. Too many extras to list. Please ask. Location: Gulf Islands, BC 51' x 12'8" x 3' Head Room: 6'4" Model: Custom Aluminum Build Year: 1987 Engine Type: 2 x Volvo Pe...

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*UPDATE*

This boat just came up for sale.

Link also in the "For Sale" forum.

http://www.pacificboatbrokers.com/detai ... ber=PA3059

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Here are some hull weld close-ups. Only three attachments can be included in each post, hence the Part 2.

This is definitely a working boat.

Jay

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. This just came into the boatyard at my marina. The familiar handrails and cleats caught my eye right away. It looks like a 37' that had the stern of another Alwest welded on the back to increase length by a few feet. It's also had a sturdy keel added as well as squared off chines down the back 75...

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Another 37' striped hull TO VIEW WHAT THIS VESSEL LOOKED LIKE AND ALL THE SPECS VISIT ALCANBOATS.COM ENTIRE HULL IS WELDED ALUMINUM WITH POLYURETHANE SPRAY FOAM INSULATION. THESE BOATS HAD WOOD SUPERSTRUCTURES. THIS ONE HAS HAD THE SUPERSTRUCTURE REMOVED AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR,RIGHT DOWN TO THE AL...

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I always wonder about how accurate the brand name descriptions are. Check out the listed weight... Make: ALCAN Model: 370 ALCAN CRUSING HOUSE BOAT Year: 1970 Length: 37ft in Beam: 12ft in Draft: 2ft in Weight: 5000lbs There is also a 30' steel houseboat on the same site (Sunliner) with a listed weig...

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REDUCED FROM $36,000.00 - MUST SELL SLEEPS 6, 4 CYLINDER KROELER GENERATOR, FURNACE, HOT AND COLD WATER, FULL GALLEY (FRIDGE, STOVE, OVEN, MICROWAVE), 3 PIECE BATHROOM (FLUSH TOILET), UPPER DECK WITH FIBERGLASS CANOPY, TRAILER FOR PUTTING IN AND TAKING OUT OF WATER. Engine Details Engine: 3.8 OMC # ...

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For comparison sake I assembled all the hull numbers that were included in the Registry. There is quite a variance in the style used. Who knows what the protocol between Alwest/Alloy/Alcan was. In only the 17 examples below, there appears to 5 different styles alone. Model ........ Reported Hull No#...

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. I found this one after the ad expired, so the photos only come up small. (The ad was stilled cached but inactive) UPDATE - BIGGER PICTURES BELOW IN THE RE-LIST 38ft Houseboat on Arrow Lakes Date Listed 25-Jul-09 Price $25,000.00 Address Nakusp, BC 1975 Alwest aluminum single hull house boat. Need...

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. This ad is a year old and since the link from Yachtworld is dead, I suspect it either sold or is off the market. The ads you see here are just copies of ads from the Web posted for interest and reference sake, and not (necessarily) from the actual seller. They may also not be current. Jay

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This is interesting. Door, side windows, and handhold extrusion along lower cabin top are certainly familiar but only 26' (claimed) not 29'. Kind of 'Alloy/Alwest like' but different. ?? Date Listed 13-Aug-09 Price $6,900.00 Address 5199 Hwy#12, RR#7, Orillia, ON, L3V 6H7 For Sale By Owner Colour W...

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I would start by scrubbing out the bilge as best as you have access to. As long as your bilge pumps are working, put a garden hose down there, and scrub away while letting the pumps take out the stale/dirty water (if oil is present, I would not recommend this). Rig up a brush on a rod to get into le...

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. This seems like a good deal for a rare boat. If I didn't already have my boat, I think I would look at this. Notice the raised front deck. I've never seen an Alwest/Alcan with one like this See Also. http://www.alcanboats.com/le_batelier.htm Alloy 44 pieds 1974 Price: $24,900.00 Ad ID: 125766673 ...

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Some new pictures...

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Well, let's see. 30 x an average weight of 170(?) lbs = 5100 lbs of people. Fresh water weighs about 62 lbs/cubic foot and your 37' has a 'footprint' of about 35 x 12 = 420 sqft. 5100 divided by 62 = 82.25 cuft of water that would be displaced. 82.25 cuft divided by 420 = .20 (L x W x H = cubic meas...

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Here's one that caught my eye. Is this an actual Alloy Manf. boat or just one that is using the name?

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1972/Al ... ted-States

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I was never impressed with the flimsy keel on my 30'. The boat has spent most of it's life in the water and hasn't been blocked up, except for haulouts. The keel should have been a full length "V" of aluminum around 6-7" high, 4-5" at the top and tapering down so it could support the weight better. ...

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Although hard to read, part of the text in the brochure says: 500 pounds of polyurethane, foamed and securely bonded up to the gunwales, provides a flotation force of over 12,000 lb - 5000 lb more than the weight of the boat. In short, the boat is almost unsinkable. The specs claim 7000 lb for the w...

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Parked in our yard last thirteen years…… wife says get it out. Sleeps six adult, custom fiberglass one piece shower stall, engineering plans for completion, twin motors increased HP by swedish motors. As Is FOB our yard London Ontario. $5,000 Firm http://london.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-boats-water...

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Hi Jay, My "2 cents worth" would be to leave this area empty so that you can always know what is going on down there. If you do gather rainwater or condensation, it can be easily removed with a shop vac. BTW . . . . can you still switch your original post to the Tech Section of the forum, so that w...

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Ever wondered what was under the floor in that triangular space under the front storage area(anchor locker) ? This is on a 30' Sea Villa, so I'm not sure how similar the larger boats are, but I suspect they must be close. On my boat there was an old unused oil tank for a diesel heater that I removed...

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gillianlavin wrote:30' Alcan SeaVilla House Cruiser

This is actually a 32', not a 30' which has a plywood with aluminum skin house.

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Wow, interesting. Thanks for the info. I know that the two pump reservoirs have to be joined, with the bottom one capped, and the top one vented, but this generally implies a flying bridge where the bottom hose connection can be brought straight up to the top. This allows any air bubbles to work the...

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Dixon Industries is a shop in Richmond BC, that does boatwork.They don't seem to have a website. As you can see by the text, there was alot of guessing as to what the boat's history was. I e-mailed them the info I got from the Dawsons to help clear things up a bit. This was quite a while ago, but I ...

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Here is an article that appeared in a local Marine trade magazine a while ago. A 37' gets a westcoast style pilothouse. I e-mailed some info about these boats to the editor and they printed it in the Letters a couple of months later.

CLICK on the picture to make it larger.

Jay

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Wow, can you say windage?

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No Flybridge. The second one is for an outside helm (port side, beside engine cover) that was added years ago. Very nice for docking and just being outside when whether is nice. I can see through the back window of the wheelhouse through the windshield, so it can be used for regular driving, if desi...

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New Teleflex steering pumps and lines. I have the pumps and am scanning Ebay for some lines. The old ones were 3/16" ID and the new stuff calls for 5/16". Copper refrigeration pipe can also be used apparently.

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. Not the greatest pictures, but beggars can't be choosers. "Powered by FWC Twin Volvo 230 cu.in. 170hp engines and Volvo-out-drives adds to your performance and your lower maintenance cost because the engines aren't being over worked and are more economic to run and maintain. With 731 hrs, these en...

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. 37-FOOT ALCAN HOUSECRUISER - 1970 all aluminum V-hull and deckhouse, twin 170 hp VOLVO I/Os, built-in 6.5 kw Onan generator. Clean and roomy interior: curtains and upholstery new 2005, teak paneling, sleeps 6, large galley with 3-burner stove, oven, refrigerator, microwave, hot and cold water, e...

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I saw this twin gas engine boat in our marina recently and had to chuckle at the boatname and For Sale sign together. It would have been even better at the fuel wharf, with a pump visible. Perhaps the sale isn't related to gas prices, but I'll bet they make it harder to sell.

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. Front house is like the Patrol Express, but rest is different. Unsure if length actually is 44'. It probably includes the swim platform and bowsprit in that length. Boat should be 38' I'm not a big fan of the house at the back, but it looks well made. Is it factory ? See also http://www.alcanboat...

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. At least I think it's one of them... http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1979/Alloy--1725528/Montreal/Canada Year: 1979 Current Price: Can$ 49,000 Tax Paid (US$ 46,173) Located In Montreal, QC Hull Material: Aluminum Engine/Fuel Type: Twin Gas/Petrol Rare aluminium vessel; low hours (700). Economical...

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Here's a different version in Nova Scotia . A watertaxi ??

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1972/Al ... 512/Canada

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. Another Yachtworld listing... http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1969/Alcan-House-Cruiser-1926220/Port-Stanley/Canada The vessel was repowered in 1998. Engines are raw water cooled. 2008 Survey available. Engine(s): Volvo Penta Engine(s) HP: 170 Engine Model: 432 V-6 Hours: 635 Cruising Speed: 15k M...

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Richmond, BC Alwest for sale

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1971/Al ... ond/Canada

This is an older Vessel with newer twin diesel and genset. Sleeps 6 and priced to sell

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Found this on Craigslist... This is an Alcan aluminum designed and built all welded aluminum hull constructed of very high quality aluminum. Completely stripped except for the spray in high density polyurethane foam insulation..Ready for any application from pleasure, water taxi, commercial fish,bar...

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Wow, works great. That top photo at it's largest is over 2MB.

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I'm surprised anyone would replace these railings. The originals, especially on the main deck, are so nicely shaped, bent, and welded.

The idea of using some to add to an aluminum swim platform is a great one, though, and I wish I was closer.

Jay

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In the first two weeks of May there seems to be a flood of new memberships with weird names, and no info.

Maybe some computer generated spam? Except for the one with an ad in it, what is the point of the others?

Jay

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I don't have too many spider problems, but there is a spray bottle of Raid (one of the variants for spiders) in the chemicals locker in case I have to spray out a hard to get at spot. I mainly use it outside, though. In house basements, I have seen people put a glass of water up on a shelf. Those bi...

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Mystery solved. The dive operators removed a rotted house from an Alwest and built this custom set-up to accommodate divers.

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Still here.... Not as much activity on the docks around here, this time of year. Over winter, I installed a new propane set-up, using the very nice Xintex S-2A solenoid control/sniffer. If the sniffer detects propane, it will also shut off the solenoid. These are a crazy $275 at WestMarine but I bou...

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This one is in Horseshoe Bay, near Vancouver. http://blueadventure.ca/boat2.htm There is also a promo dive video, listed under the "Photos" tab, with some footage of the 37' Sea Dragon. They are located across from the BC Ferries terminal and would have had this happen in front of them. http://youtu...

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Ever popular as dive boats here on the westcoast, the 37 surfaces again. This operator appears to have a Sport Patrol model. The TANTALUS. I love the "V" front end on the house - very business like. There are various photo galleries you can look at. The "W.E.Services" , "Dive&Sea" and "Let's Go Divi...

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Here is a Craigslist ad for what must be an unsaveable boat. Too bad there are no photos. http://victoria.craigslist.org/boa/431650171.html 370 Alwest aluminum hull - $19000 Reply to: sale-431650171@craigslist.org Date: 2007-09-25, 8:08AM PDT 1973 Alwest welded aluminum hull. For full description an...

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Here is a different Alwest 37 I came across on the Web. The windows and railing look similar, but the house is not at all familiar.

http://www.divemaster.ca/fatcat.htm

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I live on the westcoast and I envy the back east boaters that have access to the Intracoastal waterway. What a great design...a nice safe way to cruise down to warm places and see historic towns along the way. Bonus is the affordable US$ now. I keep waiting for them to build a westcoast version, fro...

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The recent info on Alloy Manf.'s little known boats was amazing. I had never heard of these before.

There appears to be at least the one on the cover built.
I wonder if any still exist.

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Seems cheap enough. Hard to say what condition it's in with the marginal photos.

http://yachtworld.com/core/listing/cach ... ice=&cint=

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http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... &cit=true&

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When I hauled my 30', the gauges on the Travelift read a total of 14,000lbs which was higher than I expected. Motor is a single 740 Volvo (BB chevy) /280 leg and I can't remember how much fuel/water was on board. Maybe 800lbs worth? Plus the usual boat equipment and personal stuff. I just chug arou...

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I have been curious about the hull numbers as well. My 30' has them on the inside of the transom on one of the "L" beams. I have a 15 with a 1988 below it. The numbers don't seem to have much continuity judging from some others on the registry. This is a sample from the registry: 290 - HUE16CW4303 ...

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