Pearson Serial Number Decoding

[Idyll Ours]

Is anyone familiar with the serial number codes PEA59125M80I and would this “59” indicate our sloop was originally built as a ketch rig and hull number 125 ?

I have seen a lot of questions regarding the meaning of the coding in the Pearson serial numbers. I have made this page to try and answer some of them. I don’t know if this applies to all Pearsons but I think it is correct for the P26.

Manufacturer
This is the name of the manufacturer of the boat. PEA is for Pearson.

Model Number
This is the manufacturer’s model number designation. 46 is the number for the P26.
39 35 1968-82
46 26 1970-82
48 30 1970-80
52 10M 1973-80
54 28 1976?
55 26 Weekender 1975-76
56 365 1976-82
57 28 1977-82?
58 323 1976-81
———————————- 59 424 Ketch
60 26OD 1977-83?
61 31 1978-81
68 Flyer 1981-??
72 424 Cutter
75 422 1984-87
78 36-2 1985-90
80 28 1986-89
91 27 1988-91
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[patn]

It looks like you were looking at dan pfeiffer’s old page.  59 is
for pearson 424 .. did not designate sloop or ketch although the
majority of p 424’s were ketches
(http://dan.pfeiffer.net/p26/sn.htm)

– pat

Idyll Ours wrote on 3/21/16 8:54 PM:

Is anyone familiar with the serial number codes
PEA59125M80I and would this “59” indicate our sloop was originally
built as a ketch rig and hull number 125 ?

I have seen a lot of questions regarding the meaning of the coding
in the Pearson serial numbers. I have made this page to try and
answer some of them. I don’t know if this applies to all Pearsons
but I think it is correct for the P26.

Manufacturer
This is the name of the manufacturer of the boat. PEA is for
Pearson.

Model Number
This is the manufacturer’s model number designation. 46 is the
number for the P26.
39 35 1968-82
46 26 1970-82
48 30 1970-80
52 10M 1973-80
54 28 1976?
55 26 Weekender 1975-76
56 365 1976-82
57 28 1977-82?
58 323 1976-81
———————————- 59 424 Ketch
60 26OD 1977-83?
61 31 1978-81
68 Flyer 1981-??
72 424 Cutter
75 422 1984-87
78 36-2 1985-90
80 28 1986-89
91 27 1988-91
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[Idyll Ours]

Yes that’s where I saw it, and it says 72 is for cutter rig but nothing for sloops.

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[patn]

The sloops and cutters  were listed as PEA 59 as well.  I think Dan
just didn’t know there were 424 sloops when he first made that page.

For some reason hull nbrs 214-217 were listed as PEA 72 but I don’t
know why because hull nbrs 219, 220 and 226 were all cutters listed
as PEA 59

I’ve always wondered if they were just sloppier back then.  Our
documentation has been wrong since the beginning of time (we’re
listed by the CG as PEA 58) because the builder’s papers were
incorrect.  [Our hull says PEA 59 on the back]  I’m too cheap to pay
the $86+ to fix it.

– pat

Idyll Ours wrote on 3/21/16 11:02 PM:

Yes that’s where I saw it, and it says 72 is for cutter rig
but nothing for sloops.

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[Revery]

Yep, Pat’s correct…at least for #219. Revery is a factory cutter and she’s a “59” hull.

Evan

[Sailinrj]

Also #197

 

Rudy

 

In a message dated 3/22/2016 3:36:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
hedonisticvalues@gmail.com writes:

Yep,
Pat’s correct…at least for #219. Revery is a factory cutter and she’s a “59”
hull.

Evan
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