Hello I Have had this canoe for awhile and never had to worry about the HID number because i had no motor but after a recent trip bow hunting solo i want to put a trolling motor i was given by my step dad on to the canoe so i can bow fishing alone without worrying about juggling the paddle and bow and dealing with wind at the same time.
My problem I Cant find the HIN If there is even one on the boat i was hoping someone could help me know where to look a little better or let me know what year this boat is since i know they have not allways used HIN’s.
I Am hoping it does have one though because i work out of state during the week and the only time to get inspections on boats without HIN is on tuesdays a hour away from home therefor impossible for me to do.
What i know it is a Starcraft (Has the emblem with the arrow in it with bubbly looking letters)
It is 16’ 9" long 2 seats made of wood (Mounted on alum. brackets)
Has 2 lines running horizontally down both sides of the hull
Carry handles built in to both ends (Had Styrofoam in behind but i removed them for storage space (We dont take this canoe in any water deeper then 5’)
I Don’t know what the bars that run across are called that help support the hull but there are 3 made of alum tubing.
I Have pictures of everything but am not able to post and i have looked all over the canoe for the HIN But there is pretty thick paint… I sanded it down to raw alum. on the bow and stern on both sides to check and that is how i found out it was a starcraft but found no HIN… any help would be great and i can email pictures to anyone who would have the knowledge to help me!
I need this thing registered so i can use my Trolling motor and just do not have the means to travel to get the inspection during the week… If i have the HIN I can do everything online…
Thank you in advance!
Travis
Pictures
well they are not really big but here are some i put on photo bucket
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee226/tcfairlane/GetAttachment.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee226/tcfairlane/photo3.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee226/tcfairlane/photo2-1.jpg
HIN placement
Here’s a thread on placement on canoes: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?105874-HIN-on-a-canoe
And here’s a page from our site that shows how to interpret them and find the manufacturer. Looks like there are five manufacturers who use some form of “Starcraft.”
http://www.nrsweb.com/faqs/FAQs_Boat_Identification.asp
-Clyde
NRS