Hull number of our Centurion 32s

[Tom]

Looking at the list of registered Centurions, I see a lot of them do not know their hull number (1-380). On my boat the hull number (Nº 320) is clearly indicated on a small identification plate located in the saloon. Many Centurions have this id plate, but many other don’t. In the latter case, I suggest you look on the underside of floor plates and the back of wooden lockers. The carpenters used to mark with a pencil the number of the hull for which a particular piece of furniture was destined.
As you might have read, I’m repairing my chainplates and for this I had to remove the little starboard toilet locker (which is easily unscrewed in a couple of minutes). As you can see on the photograph, on the back I found the (correct) carpenter’s marking.

Somewhere else I read the number should also be found printed near the end of the (blue) stripe on starboard side. Maybe someone can confirm this…

Tom

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[seb]

Hello Tom
It is a good advice, it can help certain owner.
Thank you

[ODeclav]

Hi Tom,
When I bought my Centurion 32 Helios, I didn’t find any plate id nor the hull number on Helios. Only the 4 holes of the plate in the cockpit. Some months ago I saw the number 336 under a shelf and asked to David Merlot if it could be a tip for the carpenters to identify the shelf to the hull. He replied quickly as usual and confirmed that it could be the hull number.
Unfortunately I didn’t find the number elsewhere so far.
Olivier

[Tom]

Hi Olivier,
I’m pretty sure that is your hull number. Can you tell us which shelf the number is written on, so that other can check theirs?
Tom.

[Tom]

Another example of a carpenter’s pencil indication of the hull number on my boat: on the underside of the smaller floor board (the access hatch to the bilge, the one you probably have lifted hundreds of times…) is written:

320 à 322
PLANCHER-DU-CARRÉ
CENTURION

Sorry for the bad quality photograph.

Tom.

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[Justin Wood]

I found Mayfly’s number on the back of the locker unit in the heads compartment (starboard side). My Centurion also has a small builder’s plate in the cockpit but it was interesting to check that it was also on the back of the locker unit. Perhaps I will find it written on other parts of the boat!

[Auteur]

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