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[/QUOTE]My hope is that someone can explain the logic in the number sequence, i.e. : xx letters and xx numbers and their significance ?
Or perhaps even better, is this number located elsewhere on the boat ?

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Wouldn't you have prefered one of the Viking Ships over a Seacraft?

JK...welcome Jan. I visited the ships while in Norway for a hockey tournament many years ago and was quite amazed. Lots of memories..

I could go on about my Norway trip for days but about your Seacraft. You will have to uncover some key digits for anybody to decipher your hin exactly but I can give you a few pointers. I'm not an expert but I was paying attention when Capt.Chuck told me what mine was so this is what I know.

The first 3 digits is the manufacturer.(check BigLews post a few pages down called "Potter Years" for info on the different manufacturers and years)
The 4th digit is the style.eg F for Superfish...
The 5th is the length.eg 3 for 23'
6,7,8th are usually the hull # for that particular year. eg mine was hull 2 in 1975 so it was 002
9,10th are usually the month in numbers but can also be a letter in position 9.
If 9,10 are numbers than 11,12 is the (last 2 digits of the) year.
If 9 is a letter, 10,11 are the year(numbers) followed by another letter(which I have no idea what it means).

Again, I'm not an expert and I think I just confused myself at the end there

Hopefully it helps out
Brandon