Hello new raft owner here trying to figure out what model Avon I have. It’s 14ft, 3 thwarts and is a bucket boat. Any help is appreciated
I thought this was the case as well when I got an old 16' Avon bucket boat that I thought was from 1985, but further research indicated that Avon didn't use leafield valves until 1999... which my boat has and his boat seems to from the pics. Older boats had military valves.The last 2 numbers of the serial are the year of manufacture..
Interesting... this would suggest my boat is an 85, but the link I posted above suggests that the presence of leaffield valves implies post 1999.HIN's (Hull Identification NUmber) can be confusing around this vintage of boat... NRS actually has a pretty comprehensive discussion:
https://www.nrs.com/learn/identify-your-boat.asp