It's not # 483. Only 440 Ariels were made.
It's not # 483. Only 440 Ariels were made.
Based on the FL HIN. I know I tried to include mine in the HIN I was issued, but wound up with some foolish 17 digit number
Isn't that boat a Commander?
The boat pictured, (the picture of which I got from the E-Bay add) is an Ariel.Originally Posted by mbd
(longer cabin, large windows)
In case I misunderstand you.
If your question is 'would that HULL number make it a Commander' then this quote from Bill should answer it;
Ariels and Commanders are numbered serially as are all production yachts. The Ariel is numbered from 1 to 440. The Commander is numbered from 1 to somewhere around 370. (The highest numbered Commander we have identified is 337.) Ariel production began in 1962 and ended in 1966 or 1967. The Commander was produced beginning about a year after the Ariel and its production is believed to have ended in the same year as the Ariel.
OK on the hull #'s. But I gotta say - I just TRIPLE checked those pictures from your link to E-Bay. Two oval portals, compression post in the cabin - that's gotta be a Commander!
...Oh, wait a minute. Ah ha! I was talking about "BOSUMBIRD" in Greece, not your picture from ealier in the thread! Gotcha, misunderstood, my bad.
Humbly,
Mike
Sorry Mike, did not mean to mess you up.
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