Age / Sails

Hi,

Any idea's on how to identify the age of our Hobie 16? The sail colours are shown on the left pic and our hulls are numbered s01936.

We have a feeling our boat is older than we are!

If still legible, you might be able to find out the age of your boat from the serial numbers.
This might help :
Decyphering Hull Serial Numbers - By Matt Miller

s01936 ? That is an odd number. It does not fit our system. Is that all that is written on the transoms? Bahrain? This may be a French made boat or another offshore builder. The sails look to be custom or perhaps from an event or rental. I do not recognize the color combination as being Hobie USA built.

Here is a link to the serial number info currently on our website: Hobie Serial Number FAQ

It looks like it has at least one window for a tell tail in the main. Which would suggest that it should be sail # 9xxxx or higher - may be '88 and up. The main also seem not to have reef lines... suggsting that it should not be super old. IIRC in the late 80's there was a change to the reefability of the main... check if your main halyard has two stops in it.

Patrick