A mysterious boat...maybe Wellcraft ???

[RWilson2526]

he's got it up there to at THT...they are just as baffled as we are.

[willy]

I believe that is a Scarab Hull, it does have some differences but that could be for a foreign market. The transom dead rise looks to be about 24 degrees.
Did he say what the hull length is, looks to be about 23-24'

yessss, you're right.....it's 24'

[tsubaki]

From what I remember there was a duplicate set of HID numbers on the interior port side about 3/4 the way forward within an inch or so of where the top and hull are pieced together. Don't know what year they started doing this.
The boat keeps me wanting to say it originally was a few feet longer than it is now. For some reason it looks like it might have originally been setup for outboards but later the entire transom was cut off and adapted for I/O.
Been looking at several sites to try to make out the gunwale design and the Carolina flare with no success.
I'm still lost.

[tsubaki]

brizio, don't be tempted to try to register the boat as anything other than what it is, hopefully with the correct HID numbers.
Over here there is a whole lot of hoops you must jump through in order to get current numbers for a salvaged/rebuilt/homemade boat. The last aggravation is a Coast Guard anal probe of the boat. They will even need to run a machine across the glass work in various locations in order to verify it's seaworthiness, not to mention all the other stuff to comply. Most homemade boats fail the inspection and it attracts a lot of scrutiny with boats over 16'.
Still, very nice boat!

[nipper]

Fabrizio, no problem with your English. It is excellent. I admire you Europeans for your abilities to speak 2 or more languages.

It would be great to solve the mystery, but maybe it does not matter much. I know you would like to be legal and have the 12 mile certification, but what do you think the chances are of getting stopped between the 6 and 12 mile limits and asked for your certification? If you do get stopped and do not have the certification, how severe would the penalty be?

...chanches to get stopped between 6 and 12 miles unfortunately are too high.....the coast guard in this period is increasing checks.....and the penalty is ....first a fine....but there'also, as an option (!), the confiscation of the boat....

You know...it wouldn't be so nice......

But having a "fishing machine" without leaving the 6 miles' limit is just like having a car and then walk.....

However, I want to explain better my problem.

I do not have to "register" the boat, in Italy is not required if the boats doesn't exceed 26 '; I have to identify the model year, because boats that were build BEFORE 1996, without CE ( european certification ), can obtain this kind of extension ( 6 to 12 ) .....but without documents, hin, or similar you cannot demonstrate that the boat was made before this year....

And obviously who issues the certificate to extend navigation 's limits requested me the HIN to identify 4 the model year.....

that's all....