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Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: bluenun on April 03, 2007, 03:29:23 PM

Title: Question on HID #
Post by: bluenun on April 03, 2007, 03:29:23 PM
As you all know I bought a Tahiti with full stringers. So I take the boat down to Hondo and they told me that they have never seen a full stringer tahit like mine and ask me how I know it is a Tahiti. Well I can see where the Tahiti badges were on the boat it kind of sunfaded into the gelcoat. My registration says it is a Tahiti. So anyways he looks at the HID and it is HAOM4026m840. He says it should start with TAH. The only thing he can think of is that it was made by hardin marine and they put a Tahiti badge on it. So now I am confused on what kind of boat this is. I know Carribean is under Hardin Marine but is Tahiti as well?? I am confused. Any info would be great
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: beerjet on April 03, 2007, 04:05:24 PM
Try here and let us know what you come up with .
http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic_database.htm (http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic_database.htm)

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: bluenun on April 03, 2007, 05:45:07 PM
It says Hardin Marine and that they are bankrupt. Did Hardin Marine ever build for Tahiti??
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: Ralph Brunt on April 03, 2007, 05:54:17 PM
It says Hardin Marine and that they are bankrupt. Did Hardin Marine ever build for Tahiti??
ah now we need oldrigger, he would know if anyone
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: h2oicon on April 03, 2007, 06:36:42 PM
here we go, i have a full stringer tahiti, on the hull i.d. in the mold in back right corner the vin numbers have a series of numbers and in the middle there is a TAH in the vin numbers thus meaning it is a tahiti.  TAHITI 101 is over for today.
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: Ema Non-Performance Marine - BANNED on April 03, 2007, 07:19:16 PM
It says Hardin Marine and that they are bankrupt. Did Hardin Marine ever build for Tahiti??

They are currently owned by CP Performance as well as Berkeley and Gil Marine.
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: bluenun on April 03, 2007, 08:03:33 PM
Where is the TAH in my HID???
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: Ema Non-Performance Marine - BANNED on April 03, 2007, 08:16:11 PM
Where is the TAH in my HID??? TAHM4026m840.


I see it don't you ?
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: h2oicon on April 03, 2007, 08:18:38 PM
i have had 2 tahiti boats both had them on the hull in rear mold lower half of boat, also it is on the i.d. number on the reg. numbers of your registration slip there is TAH in it if it were a tahiti mine is a 1979 and the other was a 1978
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: h2oicon on April 03, 2007, 08:22:21 PM
your short on numbers the last 3 or 4 give you the year of make and the thread is not showing the entire numbers????????????????????????????
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: bluenun on April 03, 2007, 08:27:35 PM
That is every # on the back of my boat
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: Ema Non-Performance Marine - BANNED on April 03, 2007, 08:42:55 PM
It says Hardin Marine and that they are bankrupt. Did Hardin Marine ever build for Tahiti??

Actually the boats were laid up at Tahiti and then Hardin Marine got them and rigged them with there packages. At least that is what I remember.

Kind of like gettin and Edelbrock carb, no matter witch way you shake it it is a Carter, hell Edebrock even changed the part #s but it is still a Carter AFB carb.
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: old rigger on April 03, 2007, 09:23:04 PM
Tahiti owners were, in order...
1. Dick Schuster

2. Bell Industries

3. Hardin Marine. Tahiti's were not built by Tahiti and then sent to Hardin to rig. By that time Hardin owned Tahiti and Carribean, both were built and rigged in house by the same riggers and laminators. One was marketed as a higher level of boat then the other. I could never tell which one that was.

Tahiti made full length stringer boats from the very begining, you had to ask for and pay for it extra as a customer though.
Title: Re: Question on HID #
Post by: beerjet on April 03, 2007, 10:10:24 PM

 TAHITI 101 is over for today.

Tahiti owners were, in order...
1. Dick Schuster

2. Bell Industries

3. Hardin Marine. Tahiti's were not built by Tahiti and then sent to Hardin to rig. By that time Hardin owned Tahiti and Carribean, both were built and rigged in house by the same riggers and laminators. One was marketed as a higher level of boat then the other. I could never tell which one that was.

Tahiti made full length stringer boats from the very begining, you had to ask for and pay for it extra as a customer though.

Now class is over . Move along now , nothing left to see here.

-beerjet-
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