I'm not sure when HCE started putting plates on the rear beams. I've never seen a 16 with them, only Tigers.
Your hull serial number is probably engraved on the transom. The last few characters should have the two-digit model year
CCMB####M77C
. . . . . . . . . . ^^-model year
A 29K sail number puts it in the mid-late 70's - maybe '76 or '77.
Last edited by mbounds; 03/21/07 07:28 PM.
