HIN -1985 Albin 27 SC

[Ratstar32]

I'm trying to register my Albin in Massachusetts., which requires the hull number. The HIN on my 1985 Albin 27 SC is a bit hard to discern... the model is a single cabin, see photo.

I've made a few tracings, and it appears that the HIN is:

AUL 27217 K 485

Can anyone confirm that this is correct? Of concern are the first

[Ratstar32]

Oops... of concern are mainly the first three letters - AUL ?

[DCatSea]

Hi Ratstar
My HIN is AVL*********. It's also not easy t read.
Hope this helps.

[Ambler27FC]

I thought this was a bit odd, but I think I noticed a second HIN stamp on the hull-liner in the forward cabin of my 1989 27FC. I believe it was under the collapsable counter at the end of the dinette counter. My HIN starts (as I read it) with "HUL".

[Nancy]

I'm going to guess that both AVL and HUL are really AUL. All of the later models begin with AUL. Key word in my first sentence is "guess". I could be wrong on the 25's, 27's, etc.

[tego]

That is correct that the HIN number is also located under the lift-up end of the galley countertop on my 27FC. "AUL" are the first three identifiers of all albin HIN's as far as I know. Next is the model # of the boat, followed by the sequence number of production (but they started at # 101), next the month of the build "A"= january,"B" is feb etc, the hull year (single digit), and finally the model year(two digits). Thus my HIN of AUL27402E787 says my vessel was Albin 27 #302, produced in May of '87, and model year of 1987. I think?!