ID the Year of this boat 09890 port transom

[JoeFL77]

It does not have the usual hull markings. From the pictures, it looks like just on the port side of the transom is the numbers 09890.


Maybe a major hull repair? What do you think?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[L&VW]

I have a similar hull, and wrote about it a few times--here's one, but the number (which looks similar to yours) would require more searching in this forum:

Rant of the Day.

It is so frustrating to be shopping online for a used Sunfish and the ad does not state it's year. And....when I ask for the year, the seller responds...." I don't know". I then gently explain where they can find the hull number.... some will still answer....." Yeah, I don't see it". Sigh.

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Maybe they're Canadian hulls?

Here's a picture with the number:

Where's the hull number?

I recently was given an old Sunfish by a friend. He has no paperwork anymore. We think it is a 1976 because it has a 1977 NJ registration sticker and it fits the description of that era (metal gun'l, etc.) Per the Sunfish Age and Hull Identification resource of this website" Hull...

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