drLaser
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Since May 2003, some Laserites have been wondering about:
Why a boat manufactured in 1972 was allocated #95, when hull numbers had to be greater than 100?
Was #95 boat manufactured in Canada or elsewhere?
Was Jim Price's #99 boat really a 'prototype' shown at the NY Boat Show in 1972?
Or was #99 one the original hulls shown in the 1971 Boat Show?
Who really bought the 1971 Boat Show hull, if not Price?
Were there one or two boats shown in that first NY Boat Show?
Could #99 even be one of the two prototype boats built for development and testing, and so actually predating designer Bruce Kirby's own hull?
Does Kirby really own a hull numbered "0"?
Did he really show up with that hull at Cedar Point in 1992?
Does Ward Bell own hull #1 or #102?"
Was Ward Bell the original owner of that oldie?
Where did the #63 and #94 hulls with "Pointe-Claire" stickers which recently popped up come from?
How come so many hulls with numbers lower than 100 are surfacing up?
Was there ONE "Pointe-Claire" plant, anyway?
Was Ian Bruce the only early builder, anyway?
Were "custom" (owner-specified) hull numbers ever used in Lasers?
Can you imagine an ISAF President who is not a very early Laserite?
etc. etc.
I tried to follow up with Bruce Kirby, Ian Bruce, Don Trask, PSE and
all the owners.
The long and arduous detective work is not totally complete, but it led
us to some interesting findings. You will find them in the drLaser FAQ (
http://www.drLaser.org/frm/FAQfW.html ), under "Who owns the oldest
Laser afloat?", in the "GETTING INTO LASERING" subsection of the FAQ.
Cheers,
Shevy Gunter
Why a boat manufactured in 1972 was allocated #95, when hull numbers had to be greater than 100?
Was #95 boat manufactured in Canada or elsewhere?
Was Jim Price's #99 boat really a 'prototype' shown at the NY Boat Show in 1972?
Or was #99 one the original hulls shown in the 1971 Boat Show?
Who really bought the 1971 Boat Show hull, if not Price?
Were there one or two boats shown in that first NY Boat Show?
Could #99 even be one of the two prototype boats built for development and testing, and so actually predating designer Bruce Kirby's own hull?
Does Kirby really own a hull numbered "0"?
Did he really show up with that hull at Cedar Point in 1992?
Does Ward Bell own hull #1 or #102?"
Was Ward Bell the original owner of that oldie?
Where did the #63 and #94 hulls with "Pointe-Claire" stickers which recently popped up come from?
How come so many hulls with numbers lower than 100 are surfacing up?
Was there ONE "Pointe-Claire" plant, anyway?
Was Ian Bruce the only early builder, anyway?
Were "custom" (owner-specified) hull numbers ever used in Lasers?
Can you imagine an ISAF President who is not a very early Laserite?
etc. etc.
I tried to follow up with Bruce Kirby, Ian Bruce, Don Trask, PSE and
all the owners.
The long and arduous detective work is not totally complete, but it led
us to some interesting findings. You will find them in the drLaser FAQ (
http://www.drLaser.org/frm/FAQfW.html ), under "Who owns the oldest
Laser afloat?", in the "GETTING INTO LASERING" subsection of the FAQ.
Cheers,
Shevy Gunter