Re: Can i figure out the age of a boat??/
Yep thanks,, youre right,, i been searching on line and found the breakdown of the hull number
Boat Hull Number
The Code of Federal Regulations, Title 33, Section 181, requires that hull identification numbers affixed to boats manufactured as of August 1973 must consist of 12 characters. A manufacturer may display additional characters after the required 12; however, they must be separated by a hyphen.
Enter the complete hull number, including any alphabetic character(s). Omit any spaces, hyphens, or special characters that may appear as part of the hull number. If the hull number exceeds 20 characters, the first 20 characters must be entered. The complete hull number must then be entered in the MIS Field.
? Sample BHN: STM8528EM79B-34576YF2
1. The first three characters are the identification assigned to the manufacturer--positions one and two must be alphabetic, position three must be alphabetic or the numerics 1 or 2.
2. The fourth through eighth characters are assigned by the manufacturer and may be either alphabetic or numeric except the alphabetic characters O, Q, and I.
3. The ninth through the twelfth characters indicate the date of certification--the characters must be either:
? All numerics with positions nine and ten indicating the month and positions eleven and twelve indicating the year; or
? The ninth character must be the alphabetic M, the tenth and eleventh characters must be numerics indicating the model year, and the twelfth character must be an alphabetic indicating the month of the model year. August is designated by the alphabetic A, September by B, October by C, etc. or
? Characters nine and ten indicate month and year of the date of certification or date of manufacture. Character nine is an alphabetic: the first month of the year, January, is A and the last month of the year, December, is L. Character ten is the last digit of the year of certification or manufacture, such as 2 for 1992 or 4 for 1994. Characters eleven and twelve are the model year, such as 94 for 1994 or 95 for 1995.
4. Any characters appearing after the twelfth character can be either alphabetic or numeric.
