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by DJS720
Wed Jul 29, 2026 1:51 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Production Date for 13-footer with no visible Stencil Number
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Re: Production Date for 13-footer with no visible Stencil Number

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Fig. 2. The drain as seen from the cockpit. [The orientation of this image is very confusing. The drain is supposed to pass through the hull to the bottom. but in this images the drain looks very oddly placed, as if the drain passes through the transom, not the hull bottom.]
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Fig. 3. The original image from Figure 2 rotated so that the view now appears to be a cockpit sump area with a drain forward from the transom.
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[Moderator's note: please indicate which illustration (Figure 2 or Figure 3) best shows the drain location.
by DJS720
Wed Jul 29, 2026 1:46 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Production Date for 13-footer with no visible Stencil Number
Replies: 4
Views: 515

Re: Production Date for 13-footer with no visible Stencil Number

jimh wrote:Please give more details on where this particular drain is located on the hull, and why you think it is an exception to the normally seen drains on newer 13-foot hulls.
The Drain is in the [hull] bottom [and cockpit deck] towards the stern. See Figure 1.
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Figure 1. View of inverted hull showing drain exit on the hull bottom near the transom.
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by DJS720
Fri Jul 24, 2026 1:05 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Production Date for 13-footer with no visible Stencil Number
Replies: 4
Views: 515

Production Date for 13-footer with no visible Stencil Number

I'm trying to determine the year of [production for a] 13-foot hull which has no readable stencil numbers, all the original interior component are gone, and there is a drain in the bottom of the hull. I believe this hull was probably made in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The most interesting eviden...