Hull Indentification Number

[jakeman44]

What information can be obtained from the HIN, such as hull #, year built, etc. Sorry if this has already been asked.
Thanks,
Jake

[Denr]

HIN includes such information as:

10) length of hull

9) date of construction

8) naval architect’s birthday

7) Jeff_H’s social security number

6) sailormitch’s bank account

5) waternut’s waist size

4) marybeth’s private cell number

3) christineB 10007 bra size

2) quida123’s sperm count

1) tsenator’s IQ

[tsenator]

Jakeman44,

Denr provides useless information as usual. Just childish, immature ranting. What''s new.
Anyway.....why would all HIN''s have the #''s "143" on everyboat.

The first 3 Digits are the manufacturing ID code (MIC).

The next 5 digits are the Hull Serial number.

The next 4 digits are the Month/Year Date
of certification or manufacture . JAN-A, FEB-B, MAR-C, APR-D, MAY-E, JUN-F, JUL-G, AUG -H, SEP-I, OCT-J, NOV-K, DEC-L.

The last 4 digits are set up a little different if the boat was manufactured before Aug, 1984, but basically the first 2 digits are the Date of certification or manufacture and the last 2 digits are the Model Year of the boat

The Coast Guard maintains a searchable database of MICs if you want to check yours out go here http://www.uscgboating.org/mf/mf_srchMIC.ASP.

[tondelayo29]

My HIN # contains a wealth of information.
#1 the first 3 letters YCS = Yacht Constructors (the name of the boat builder), #2 the next 2 digits = the boat length (29''),
#3 the following three digits = the # of hull moldings to that point,
#4 and final 4 digits = the hull molding date.

Now keep in mind my boat is a custom built Cascade 29 and may be somewhat different than standard production boats. But, I thought it was very interesting when I found out what it all ment.

John

[jakeman44]

Thanks tsenator and John. I tried the url you sent, tsenator, but it didn''t load. Thanks to you too, denr.

[tsenator]

jakeman44,

Sorry....try again at

http://www.uscgboating.org/mf/mf_srchMIC.ASP

(The "." at the end of the other URL would cause you problems)