registration issue

[Wiotaman]

Hi. I'm new to the Forum and just getting back into sailing after an absence of a few years.

I am poised to conclude a sale -- purchasing a 1964 Pearson Aries. The boat has a series of numbers carved into the beam between the main and the forward cabins.

I thought it was a CG documentation number, but a call to the Coast Guard revealed that the string is too long. Could it be a state registration number? I've spoken with someone in Illinois where the boat was based and that does not seem to be an option.

The carved items are: NO 531952 NET 6

I'm thinking that perhaps this goes all the way back to Pearson in the 60s. Does any of this look familiar? The typical registration on the outside of the hull at the bow is missing on this boat..

Thanks. Wiotaman

[phorvati]

Whomever you talked to either doesn't know what he/she is doing, or you didnt communicate it correctly.
Official number 531952, net tonnage is 6. It comes up. Go here and enter the number for the vessel.
https://cgmix.uscg.mil/psix/psixsearch.aspx