| This vessel was sold for $16,000 at Courtenay. this vessel was advertised as "29ft Mariner. Very good condition. 2016 survey rates Capricorn in Excellent condition. Continual improvement since. Mercruiser 350ci. Stove fireplace electric windlass etc etc. At the dock in Comox. Continuing education forces sale. A very good boat. Everything works and is in very good condition." Rick Nicholson (Email to Nauticapedia 14/06/2019) stated that "I contacted you roughly 3 or 4 months ago with an update on Capricorn. In your response, you suggested I could receive more information if I could find the hull number which I have done during an extensive refit, it was under the motor area of my old I/O engine. Hull number PME92914. Here is what I found but the date doesn't make sense. The date is much to late, 2012, the hull is wood inside with an overlay of fiberglass (original build it is believed). And according to this information, the boat was built in Topeka Kansas. You can tell by the boat build it is more out of the Chris Craft era, not constructed when everything made was fiberglass."
"PME Boat Builder Search and Recall results:
The manufacturer identification code (MIC) of your craft identification number (CIN or HIN) is PME. this MIC (PME) stands for the company name Precision Metalcraft Llc which is currently Out of Business. this boat manufacturer has other company names (PME sometimes goes by these name(s) Dilks Mfg (oob), , , or ). this company (Precision Metalcraft Llc) is owned by Shane Lavalette and is located at 2529 Nw Topeka Blvd in Topeka state of Ks. It manufactured this vessel and placed your HIN or CIN on the hull. The parent company for this boat maker is (). Precision Metalcraft Llc has started making boats, yachts and other watercraft as of 8/10/2012 and went out of business on (1/24/2017) in the following country: USA. The boat is in refit and the old engine was sold, the purchaser traced the old engine and discovered it was a purchased rebuild, so it was the second motor in the vessel, I am now installing the third one. So this boat wouldn't have three engines since 2012." |
