Sea Ray Serial Number Decoder

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Ahhhh, the FORMAT! As mentioned, the HIN adheres to a strict code that dictates the structure of it. The first 3 characters, the MIC, are a series of mostly letters, but some include numbers, that have been assigned to each manufacturer. For example, if your boat is a Wellcraft, the main MIC is WEL. Some manufacturers have been assigned multiple MIC's due to the sale and acquisition of smaller manufacturers, moves, and different plants.

Presets Apocalypto Rar Download. Bayliner is a great example of this with over 25 MIC's assigned to it, ranging from BBB to USP. The next 5 characters are the serial number of the boat. Although there are no set standards as to how these have to be set up, some manufacturers do code the serial number according to boat length, model etc. The only regulations that exist for the serial number are the omission of the following characters: O, I, and Q due to the similarity of those characters to the numbers 0 and 1. The last portion of the HIN can be a bit trickier depending on the model year of the boat. From 1972 until August 1984, the last 4 digits could be structured one of two ways- either by the month and year of certification (i.e.

Certification of December 1972 would be 1272) or using the letter M in the 9th character, the certification year for the 10th and 11th characters and a letter designated to the month of certification as the 12th letter. The months were set up as follows: August- A, September- B, October- C, November- D, December- E, January- F, February- G, March- H, April- I, May- J, June- K, July- L. So for example, our same December 1972 boat according to this format would be M72E. Either of these formats was acceptable until stricter regulations updated the format in August of 1984.

The current format dictates the 9th character as the certification month (in letter format, starting with A for January and continuing through L for December), the 10th character as the certification year, the 11th and 12th character show the model year of the boat. Therefore, a boat certified in August of 1998 with a model year of 1999 would be H899. Let's try it together now. SER12345M78D- Sea Ray, certification of November 1978 SER123450582- Sea Ray, certification of May 1982 SER12345E001- Sea Ray, certification May 2000, model year 2001 Wasn't that fun?!?

In 1972, the was passed which tasked the US Coast Guard with proposing a standardized HIN format as part their new regulations for the safe construction of boats. As a result of this act, all boats manufactured for sale in the United States as of 1972 are required to have a Hull Identification Number permanently affixed on the outboard, starboard side of a watercraft. Typically it is located on the upper right hand side of the transom. However, in boats without transoms, the HIN should be placed on the starboard side of the stern. Additionally, in all boats manufactured after August 1984, the HIN should be located in another place throughout the boat that is a bit less noticeable but can still be found with a bit of effort. In all cases, the HIN should be permanently affixed and above the water line. Besides the fact that it is required by law, a HIN helps track who the boat was sold to and allows states to register boats much the same as a (or Vehicle Identification Number) allows states to register cars and consumers to track the history of a vehicle.

In order to help protect a boat from being stolen and sold as an original owner, the HIN is not only placed on the outside of a boat, but also someone slightly less obvious; usually under a seat cushion, behind a removable panel or under the center console. Once an HIN has been assigned to a boat, it can never be changed. This means that even if a boat is salvaged, completely stripped of everything and rebuilt, the HIN needs to remain the same. A good way of thinking about this is by asking youself, if a 1965 Pontiac GTO is stipped and rebuilt, is it still a 1965 Pontiac GTO? What do all of those characters mean? Depending on the year, those numbers can mean a few slightly different things.

However, all HIN's follow the same basic format. The first 3 characters are what is referred to as the Manufacturers Index Code (Or ) which have been uniquely assigned to all boat manufacturers. The following 5 characters are used by each manufacturer as a serial number. Sometimes they contain pertinant information for that particular boat and other times they are used just keep track of the number of boats they produce. Simon Labels Template 12025 N. This part is not regulated by the government with the expection of the exclusion of the letters I, O and Q and they can too often be confused with numbers. The last 4 characters signify when the boat was certified and built. Character 9 is typically a letter which corresponds to the month of certification ( A- January, B- February, C- March, D- April, E- May, F- June, G- July, H- August, I- September, J- October, K- November, L- December) and character 10 refers to the last digit of the year of certification.