If your boat was made within the last 30 years then it should have a Hull ID Number (HIN) on the transom and somewhere inside the boat.
The first 3 characters of the HIN are known as the MIC and can be used to identify your manufacturer.
Take the MIC and enter it at this USCG site to find out more about a particular boat builder:
Company Name | Manufacturers Identification Code |
| Access Dinghy Foundation Llc | XLQ |
| Aerocon Inc | EKK |
| Ainslie Marine Service | AIY |
| Alexandria Seaport Foundation | ASP |
| Amburg Boatcraft | PGB |
| Anglers Craft Boat Builders | LDI |
| Arlington Boat Works | ABW |
| Atlantic Boatworks | IAD |
| Atlantic Marine Plasts | LHE |
| Belvin Boats | BVN |
| Bimare USA | BIM |
| Black Arrow | ERM |
| Blue Hole Canoe Company | BHQ |
| Blue Water Marine Consulting | BWM |
| Bluewater Manufacturing | BMG |
| Boat America | BAE |
| C C Enterprises | CEZ |
| C J S Enterprises Inc | CJS |
| Capps Boat Works | BEI |
| Catman Cats Llc | UCC |
| Cherry Yachts | CSY |
| Chesapeake Academy Of Traditional Boat Building and Design | CUX |
| Chesapeake Cove Marina Inc | DCR |
| Chesapeake Islands Corp | CIL |
| Chesapeake Marine Prod | XMQ |
| Classic English Launch Co | ENH |
| Clayton Design | DNP |
| Clearview Kayak Inc | KFK |
| Coan River Marina Inc | CRV |
| Coastal Cat Cruisers | FZX |
| Colonial Outdoors Inc | KOI |
| Competition Marine | COI |
| Composite Design | KDC |
| Concept Marine | EHX |
| Concraft Marine | CPJ |
| Conway Boatbuilding Marine Products | MYH |
| Currituck Boats Inc | CKF |
| Dagmar Yachts Inc | DGZ |
| Dana Boats | DAN |
| Davidson Marine Inc | DAI |
| Dynasty World Yachts | DWO |
| Eagle Marine Corp | EGM |
| Eastern Shore Composites Llc | ESC |
| Enno Reckendorf | ENO |
| Ergonaut Boat Co | ERO |
| Flag Harbor Leasing | FLH |
| Glass Boat Works | GBQ |
| Glass Marine | GMN |
| Global Intermarketing | GIL |
| Global Yachts Inc | FOJ |
| Gloucester Fiberglass | OTO |
| Gloucester Marine Inc | GMR |
| Gloucester Yachts | GYI |
| Gulf Stream Products Inc | GHJ |
| Gwynn Island Boatyard | GWY |
| Hancock Boatworks | HAN |
| Henry E Lauterbach Inc | HEU |
| Hines-Farley Offshore | RTY |
| Hinkel Marine Div | HKM |
| Hooker Marine | HNU |
| Hudsons Cabinet Shop | HUV |
| Hunky Dory Boat Co | HDU |
| Hydrolift | LFH |
| Jack G Clayton | GEV |
| James H Ayres & Co | JHA |
| Jem Corporation | JMA |
| Jerry Racing Inc | JYR |
| Jerry Trading Ltd | JRT |
| Jester Craft | JCR |
| Jet Skimmer Inc | JTK |
| John R Sweet | NVB |
| Jones East River Boatworks | JEW |
| Joseph Conboy & Assoc | JCN |
| Judson Boats | JDS |
| Junius P Throckmorton Boat | JPT |
| Justiceville Boatworks Ltd | JVI |
| Kelleys Boat Yard | KBY |
| Kelly's Boatbuilding Of Call | KBF |
| Keystone Management Inc | KEJ |
| Krentz Marine Railway | KMR |
| Lagrange Creek Canoes Ltd | ETS |
| Latimore's Fiberglass Boatworks | LFI |
| Legend Marine Inc | LGJ |
| Locust Hill Corp | LHX |
| Lombardi Yachts Inc | LYJ |
| Marine Fabricators | MQF |
| Marine Fabricators Inc | EQR |
| Marine Metals | MZX |
| Marine Structural G I | FVA |
| McDonald - James C | JCX |
| Mid-South Yacht Sales | YSL |
| Mikes Boat Shop | MSV |
| Milford Haven Marine | MHA |
| Ml-Lifeguard Equipment Ltd | LEX |
| Moore Boat Co | MTS |
| New Pastures Trading Co | NPO |
| New River | HBU |
| Norfolk School Of Boat Building | NSH |
| Ocran Boat Shop | XCR |
| Orca Yachts Llc | ORK |
| Orion Yachts Inc | YLX |
| Performer Yachts Inc | PIY |
| Pitts & Sons Inc | PTI |
| Potomac Yacht Sales | PYY |
| Powercat N.A. Llc | PZZ |
| Quality Boat Co Inc | AKU |
| R Gaskill & Sons Fiberglass Boats | RGK |
| R W Green Boatyard | GRN |
| Ralco Industries | RLX |
| Rappahannock Boat Works | RZH |
| Raven Boatworks Inc | RZJ |
| Rick Jones & Associates | JOY |
| Rk Industries Inc | RKA |
| Rock Hall Boat Shop | RHK |
| Rollins Boat Works Inc | RBW |
| Rollin's Boat Yard | RLI |
| Rover Marine Inc | RMI |
| Ryan Marine | RYA |
| Scandinavian Import-Ex | SIX |
| Scuppernog Sails | XTA |
| Sea Technology Of Gloucester | TEQ |
| Seahorse Plastic Corp | SET |
| Shenandoah Canoe Co | SCE |
| Sherwood Boat Bldg Co | SB3 |
| Sibley Boat Shop | XLA |
| South Atlantic Yacht Sales | UKB |
| Southern Ski Boats | SDH |
| Stem To Stern Inc | EIU |
| Swanson Dickinson | SXH |
| T B Wilson | TBW |
| Thayer And Co | TYU |
| The Boatshed Ltd | TBV |
| The Carpenter's Workshop Inc | ICR |
| The Dinghy Shed | THY |
| The Hampton Sail Loft | JBK |
| Tides Boat Works | WXG |
| Tidewater Custom Craft | TDE |
| Tiffany Yachts Inc | GPB |
| Titan Aluminum Yachts | TIY |
| Titan Marine Products Inc | XTQ |
| Todd Marine Enterprises | TEM |
| Tote-A-Boat | TAG |
| Trade Wind Yacht Sales Inc | XIT |
| Traditional Boats | TQR |
| Tuckers Recreation Park & Marina | TVJ |
| Upperdeck Boatshop | UBV |
| Virginia Boatshop | CVP |
| Virginia Fiberglass | VFP |
| Virginia Homemade Boats | VAZ |
| Visitacion Workshop | VTD |
| Wade Craft Boats | WCU |
| Wahoo Boats Unlimited | WHO |
| Walter's Small Boat Works | WFV |
| Ware River Yachts | WVR |
| Water Bikes | WBT |
| Wave Rider Mfg | WVU |
| Western Shores Marine | WSC |
| Willoughby Boats Inc | WIB |
| Wise Boat Building Co | WZE |
| Woodward's Rangley Boats | WOW |
| Yachts America Inc | YAX |
| Zimmerman Marine Inc | YZM |
| Zip Skier Boats Inc | YZP |