... It is a blue disc, embossed with "The ship and Boat Builders National Federation", with a serial number of 31482. The number seems to tally to a laser sail number. but I thought that this plate would have the details of Performance Sailcraft, who have been making Lasers in the UK. ...
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Not sure if this is a standard plate for a 1976 Laser. Anyone know for sure?
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... I am not sure why the previous owner removed it, as I only noticed something missing after I got the boat home. ....
(See Photo "No. 2". It's taken of one of our Lasers at the club I sail at. That metal-sticker is bolted to the rear-wall of the cockpit. The sail number not is "20238", but "120238" (= 1985), because during the 80ties already over 100.000 Lasers have been produced worldwide.
Thanks Horizon, thats the answer to one of the many open questions I had for this topic over the years, too.The reason why the sticker on 120238 does not appear to have the full number on it, is because the "1" was preprinted in red on these stickers and that has faded away. The remaining numbers were then stamped or hand-etched onto the sticker. ...
If you view to my 1st photo (that with the blue measurement sticker) Horizon, the "46438" is stamped at the gudgeon, too. Sorry, there is a bit shaddow of the sun that hides that number a bit.... See also the final 'photo of Laser 31915 where the number is stamped on the transom, just above the bottom gudgeon. Sometimes these numbers were obscured by the fitting itself, especially if they were later replaced with plastic fittings. ..
Interesting. But why one also is able, to find this internal number under the boweye, that I mention above. I think often: Has PSE been afraid to glue a deck part that not fit to the right hull in the mould... however...... All the UK lasers I have had, numbers from 48000 to 100000 have all had the numbers stamped under the bow eye.