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Watercraft hull identification number. The HIN number in most cases is a 12-character serial number that you can use to uniquely identify the boat. The HIN shall be located where it is clearly visible when the vessel is in the water namely on the upper starboard quarter of the outside surface of the transom or if the vessel has no transom on the uppermost starboard side at the aft end of the hull. Hull identification numbers are typically located on the upper right hand part of the transom or aft starboard side in the case of double ended vessels.

Hull Identification Number Location. Spaces and special characters are not permitted ie. The primary hull identification number in watercraft with transoms shall be affixed to the starboard outboard side within 2 inches of the top of transom gunwale or hull deck joint whichever is lowest.

The watercraft is homemade and does not have a hull identification number. The boat manufacturer must display two identical hull identification numbers no less than one-fourth of an inch high on each boat hull. Since 1982 Canadian and American boat manufacturers must by law affix an identification serial number to each hull.

A HIN is a boat identification number or a boat serial number a unique number given to every boat. They can be compared to the VIN found in automobiles. Like all other boats built in the USA and Canada after November 1 1972 the Dynafoils Hull Identification Number HIN is indented directly into the fiberglass gell coat on the upper starboard rear corner of the transom and just under the gunwhale where the top half of the stern hull deck meets the transom.

On vessels without transoms or impractical to use transom to the starboard outboard side of hull aft within one foot of the stern and. Each boat has a unique HIN that you can use to identify it. Unlike a VIN for an automobile it does not provide.

Since November 1 1972 federal law requires all boats including inflatables like rafts IKs and SUP boards manufactured in or imported into the US to have a unique 12-character identifier called the Hull Identification Number HIN. The primary HIN must be permanently affixed so that it can be seen from outside the boat to the starboard side of the transom within two inches of the top of the transom gunwale or hulldeck joint whichever is lowest. The numbering system is mandated by the European Recreational Craft Directive and descended from the American Ship Hull number system.