What make of boat is this?

[V8 Grumpy]

Hi all,
I purchased this ski boat 5 years ago. The registration papers state that it is made by "Performance Craft". There is little information on this make. I have just spotted a boat of similar design that was labelled "Nankervis". The hull has a distinctive cross member just behind the drivers seat. Can anyone shed some light on the manufactures, age and or history of these boats types?
Thanking you in advance.
Grumpy

[PAR]

What are the first 3 digits of the HIN, which is located on the top right side of the transom? These 3 letters are the manufacture's prefix and can be looked up on the USCG web site.

I suspect yours is one of three possible manufactures (again check the HIN):
CPA - which identifies Carrera Performance Craft
MPR - which is the HIN for Minature Performance Craft
SQE - or Scarab Performance Craft

That may be a Carrera, but the HIN will tell all. Carrera is dead as far as I know. What year is given for the boat? Model?

[Typhoon]

I think it's an old Lewis, back when their first fibreglass boats were just moulds flopped off their clinker plywood hulls.

Regards, Andrew.

[V8 Grumpy]

The Hull Identification Number HIN is AU-WWA007696

Thanks for your help to date
Cheer

[thedutchtouch]

according to http://www.boatingwa.com.au/boatcode.htm the manufacturer code is "WWA" but your HIN doesn't seem to match the way your HIN is supposed to be laid out

[V8 Grumpy]

Thanks but a little bit of research of the HIN. I have only been able to identify that the HIN was attached some time after the hull was manufactured. WWA is a generic code. I am still no closer to identifying the manufacturing of this hull. SAD

[PAR]

The WWA prefix is a state supplied HIN and indicates a home built boat.

[lewisboats]

Or someone who bought a boat and didn't get the title...and slid it by the DNR guy.

[PAR]

It's the same as the "Z" prefix in this country. A home built here will have the manufacture's prefix area starting with a Z then the state of first registration (the supplier of the HIN) two digit code. So, a Florida made home built would carry the ZFL manufacture's prefix, Z meaning it's home built and the FL as the state designation.

[V8 Grumpy]

More pictures

[Typhoon]

WWA doesn't mean home made, it means manufacturer unknown/ no longer in business. WWA stands for Waterways Authority, as in inspected by said authority.
I know this because I have a 13ft fibreglass Steber in the backyard with the WWA prefix:

As I said, the yellow skiboat is a flop off an old Lewis clinker inboard. I've seen a few of them through the years. The original plywood boats had a full width bulkhead behind the front seats, engine completely decked in, then a set of rear seats.