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Old 09-12-2012, 03:47   #16
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Re: Why Would Someone Collect Hull Numbers?

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Offhand, I can't think of any "nefarious reasons," but these days my default position is to share the minimum amount of information about myself as possible. This may not be relevant, but apparently thieves have found that facebook is wonderful for mining for personal details that can then be used to answer the password change questions for things like bank accounts and credit cards.
So, what's your favourite colour?

Odds are that someone simply has a very sad hobby , but could be someone identifying folks who are willing to share info by asking a (genuinely) harmless question (and deliberately unusual).............Don't guarantee that folks who respond will later share anything useful, but ups the odds (with some things it is simply a numbers game).
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Old 09-12-2012, 03:51   #17
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Re: Why Would Someone Collect Hull Numbers?

Only boat I know it's hull number is currently closing the finish line of ARC. Swan 65 hull number 2. What I know there never was hull number 1 becouse the buyer was a bit superstitious and the first tour with the new boat was Whitbread.. and the rest is history.
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