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<blockquote data-quote="mbullen" data-source="post: 517280" data-attributes="member: 24594">hi ottingercw.&nbsp; A little background on the catalog boats might help clear up some confusion...forgive me if you&#039;re already aware...Wards didn&#039;t actually make anything, they contracted other majors.&nbsp; This one has the looks of StarCraft, but they also used Span America, Wizard (California), Trailorboat, and others.&nbsp;&nbsp; (A pic of the transom knee would maybe help dial it in.)&nbsp; Wards marine products were known as Sea King and each of the contracted majors would have a sister ship that&#039;s identical to the private badge model. But for the sake of the water resources folks, it would be registered as a Sea King, model 26147.&nbsp; The serial is actually the HIN in this situation as the 12-digit Federal HIN system didn&#039;t come into play until 1972.The year, however, is going to be a bit of a guessing game.&nbsp; There might be some year info encoded in the serial (first digit being last digit of model year is one scenario -&quot;816 would translate into 1968- but I&#039;m not sure if that&#039;s the case with Sea King)I can tell you that the five digit model system came into play around 1967, so I&#039;m going to guess it&#039;s between &#039;67 and &#039;72.&nbsp; ...the lapstrake panels also go along with that time window.&nbsp; Hope that helps a little.&nbsp; Some other members might be able to chime in with their Sea King experiences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mbullen, post: 517280, member: 24594"] hi ottingercw. A little background on the catalog boats might help clear up some confusion...forgive me if you're already aware... Wards didn't actually make anything, they contracted other majors. This one has the looks of StarCraft, but they also used Span America, Wizard (California), Trailorboat, and others. (A pic of the transom knee would maybe help dial it in.) Wards marine products were known as Sea King and each of the contracted majors would have a sister ship that's identical to the private badge model. But for the sake of the water resources folks, it would be registered as a Sea King, model 26147. The serial is actually the HIN in this situation as the 12-digit Federal HIN system didn't come into play until 1972. The year, however, is going to be a bit of a guessing game. There might be some year info encoded in the serial (first digit being last digit of model year is one scenario -"816 would translate into 1968- but I'm not sure if that's the case with Sea King) I can tell you that the five digit model system came into play around 1967, so I'm going to guess it's between '67 and '72. ...the lapstrake panels also go along with that time window. Hope that helps a little. Some other members might be able to chime in with their Sea King experiences. [/QUOTE]

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