Bristol 30 or 29

[Kevin84]

That location for a HIN seems pretty standard for that time period. My 63 Alberg 39 had an oval plate in the same location. Just behind the tiller.

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[Azul]

If you have a rear lazarette it is a B29. My 68 Cal has no HIN either.

[sailcruiser]

Many Bristol owners that lacked the official 1972 HIN found it handwritten on the various wooden parts. It may be worthwhile to look around inside the lockers in the cabin.
SC

[Barney Post]

BRISTOL 29 sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com

[FloridaWriter]

To the OP: if your Bristol has a lazerette it is a B29 - the B30 has none.
Hull Identification Numbers were not applied to boats until 1972 so no B29 has an HIN. The builder's plate on the aft cockpit bulkhead will show the hull number but that is not an HIN, it simply represents the sequential number of the molded hull.

[Rob Wray]

I have a 1969 Bristol 29/30 with hull #146. No complete HIN, just the hull number on the plate in the cockpit. So it sounds like she's a 29, then?

[Ricky j reading]

Originally Posted by Rob Wray

I have a 1969 Bristol 29/30 with hull #146. No complete HIN, just the hull number on the plate in the cockpit. So it sounds like she's a 29, then?

Yup your right my plate says hull 152 it is a 1970. Post some pics.if it has a lazerette it's a b29.always nice to see more b29 pics

[northoceanbeach]

Now there's two of us with a bristol from 1970 in Washington. Mine is red, the Red Baron. If you see me this summer wave or throw something at me or whatever.

[kavw]

Looking at what someone says is a Bristol 30, but this one has a fin rudder aft of the 3/4 keel.
Were different versions of rudder lay out produced?
Kris

[Fiveslide]

Originally Posted by kavw

Looking at what someone says is a Bristol 30, but this one has a fin rudder aft of the 3/4 keel.
Were different versions of rudder lay out produced?
Kris

http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=1095

This it?

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[kavw]

thanks for the help,
best I can tell, someone removed the bossing, faired it back to the hull and took off the skeg. then put on an outboard bracket. It's for sale on north shore Erie, I don't want to drive 3 hours there for something someone bastardized, at least not during exam week.
i can imagine houe a 29.5 went fro what it was to what this boat looks like now.
as well the cut away a lof of the house to put in those large windows, notice how they are symetrical to eachother. DIYer using the same template for each window is my guess.