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 |
| Air Monza Hovercraft | TAM |
| Albemarle Boats Inc | XWR |
| Alex Willis Boat Const | LCW |
| Alex Willis Boat Const Inc | WLJ |
| Alindale MfgSea Mark Boats | POR |
| American Olympus Recreation | DXN |
| B & B Custom Air Boats Inc | YNC |
| Baum Boats | DJG |
| Bayshore Boats Inc | EQF |
| Bayview Boats | ROO |
| Beasley Fiberglass | UEE |
| Bimini Marine | WKI |
| Black Mountain Canoes | EHQ |
| Blackwater Bait Co | EVC |
| Blackwell Boatworks | CSB |
| Blue Runner Boats Inc | VBL |
| Bluewater Boats Inc | EDX |
| Boats And Cabinets Inc | KTB |
| Bobby A. Mc Lawhorn | MCL |
| Bock Marine Builders | RSW |
| Bowyer Construction | DJZ |
| Candy Craft | KKD |
| Cape Fear Flotation | CPO |
| Cape Fear Skiffs | CXJ |
| Cape Fear Strip Boats | FEZ |
| Cape Fear Yacht Works | UAR |
| Carolina Boat Co | CNE |
| Carolina Coast Marrine Inc | WHJ |
| Carolina Corvette & Custom | TVQ |
| Carolina Craft | KKJ |
| Carolina Houseboats | CHV |
| Carolina Strip Boats | CJZ |
| Carolina Yacht Enterprises In | UCL |
| Casper Marine Services Inc | WTD |
| C-Breeze Boats | KDP |
| CDS Marine | DZQ |
| Certified Fiberglass Inc | EHO |
| Champlin Boatworks | CHP |
| Charlton Boat Co | GAS |
| C-Hawk Boats Inc | KME |
| Circraft Boats Ltd USA | CIO |
| Classic Boat & Marine Inc | TNC |
| Classic Boat Co | DGK |
| Clem's Boat Works | CWT |
| Coastal Boat Works | EQI |
| Coastal Boat Works | JTJ |
| Coastal Skiffs | DAO |
| Core Sound Marine Services In | ODF |
| Cotal Machine & Welding | SHW |
| Crow Boats Inc | XET |
| Crown Point Marine | CPW |
| Custom Fiberglass Inc | CFU |
| Custom Steel Boats Inc | CMB |
| Cypress Hill Boatworks Div | CKH |
| D & C Fiberglass | KOE |
| Daklo Boats | IDK |
| Dallas Boat Repair | DBR |
| Danken Boats | DKE |
| Danny's Marine Service | DNY |
| David Briley Enterprises Ltd | DVB |
| Davis Boat Works | DBL |
| Davis Boatworks Inc | DBF |
| Davis Yachts Inc | DYW |
| Diablo Watercraft Co | DWH |
| Diamond Craft Boat Co | DDT |
| Diamond Yachts | DYT |
| Dixie Boat Works | DXE |
| Dixie Boats Ltd | MEL |
| Don's Boat Works | DOW |
| Down East Marine Services Inc | DEA |
| Downeaster Boats | KWL |
| Dream Marine Co | DXY |
| Dry Pond Boats | DPO |
| East Bay Boat Works | EBE |
| East Bay Boat Works Inc | EAE |
| East Bay Commercial Division | EQB |
| Eastern Carolina Yacht | ECY |
| Eastern Fiberglass Inc | EFD |
| Ed Johnson | EDJ |
| Eln Designs | ELP |
| Express Glass Mfg | GKD |
| Fab Glass Inc | FGX |
| Fiberglass Fabrication | FEP |
| Fiberglass Internation | FID |
| Fiber-Glass Repairs | FGR |
| Fiberglass Unlimited | DOX |
| Floating Concepts | FCK |
| Flowers Metal Works | IHM |
| Forbes Custom Boats, Inc | LGY |
| Fountain Powerboats Inc | FGQ |
| Four Sons | DXV |
| Fourd Fixtures Inc | FOF |
| FPSs Company | FAM |
| Frank Schenck | RHN |
| Fred Kessler | FKA |
| Fredrick's Boat Works | FRS |
| Funline Boats | FUB |
| G E Boats | GEL |
| G J Stallings Boat Imports | GJS |
| G R W Fabrications Inc | GXR |
| Gardiner Enterprises | KDE |
| Garner Marine Technologies | GMT |
| Gary Austin | GAQ |
| General Boats Corp | GBX |
| Genmar Logic Llc | LOP |
| George M Ruddy & Co | GWR |
| Glas Fabricators, Inc | GFV |
| Glas-Craft Inc | GCR |
| Glass Cloud Canoes | GCU |
| Glastron-Conroy, Ltd | GIC |
| Goria Manufacturing Corp | GMK |
| Grady-White Boats,inc | NTL |
| Greentop Enterprise | GTV |
| Grubbs Marine Service | GUO |
| Gwaltney Charters Inc | GWL |
| H D Fiberglass Inc | HDF |
| Hancock Marine | HNM |
| Harold R Morris | HXM |
| Harry Turner | TRH |
| Hatteras Yachts Inc | HAT |
| Henry O Boats Inc | HOY |
| Hi Tide Boat Works | HTD |
| Hobby Marine | HOX |
| Hudson Boat Works Inc | HQW |
| Hunts Boat Works | HNW |
| Hurricane Aqua Sports Inc | UHA |
| Hurricane Boat Works | HBJ |
| Huskey Boats Inc | HKS |
| Industrial Plastics Lo | NPL |
| International Fiberglass | FGU |
| International Skimmer Corp | ISC |
| International Yachting Center | INS |
| Island Boat Works | IBR |
| Ivy Marine | IVY |
| J & S Boats | JSB |
| J H Brazier & Associates | JHU |
| J M Henes Boat Builder | JHD |
| Jackson Boat Shop | JBL |
| Jarret Bay Boat Works | JDL |
| Jemex Corporation | JXQ |
| J-Fiberglass Products Inc | JDF |
| John Babson | JSN |
| John R Bass | JRU |
| Jones Brothers Marine Mfg | JBS |
| K C Customs | KCA |
| K Craft Boats Inc | KCQ |
| K-Craft Boats Inc | KCB |
| Kelly McWilliams Shipyard | KMW |
| Kencraft Mfg Inc | KCM |
| Kinderfoto Intl Inc | KND |
| King Boat Co | KBX |
| Kivetts Church Furniture | KCF |
| L R Rose Boatworks | LRR |
| Lake-Glide | LGP |
| Lang Yachts | LAN |
| Lanier Strip Boats | LSD |
| Leonards Skimmers | LSR |
| Liberty Yacht Corp | LYH |
| Limerick Boats Inc | LBZ |
| Liquidlogic | EQK |
| Live Oak Boatworks | KUF |
| Live Oak Boatworks Inc | LOE |
| Lobo Custom Boats | LCE |
| LPI Industries Inc | IID |
| Lumber River Sporting Goods | HES |
| M & M Marine Engineering Co | MME |
| Marauder Marine | MUM |
| Marine Vessel Research Group | MVG |
| Masonboro Boat Yard | MEW |
| Matthews Boats-Cabinet | MTH |
| May-Craft Fibergl Prods Corp | MBL |
| McIntosh Fiberglass Co | EEQ |
| McKee Craft | MKC |
| McKee Custom Boats | HKC |
| McPherson Strip Boats | MPZ |
| Memory Yachts Llc | ICL |
| Micro Bass | MXN |
| Middle Bay Boats | MMY |
| Mierke's Yacht Service | OMY |
| Miner's Rest Boat Work | MQJ |
| Mitchell Manufacturing Co | MVO |
| Mocon Fiberglass Boats | MED |
| Moore's Fiberglass | MRF |
| N L Silva & Company | NLZ |
| Nereia Yachts | KAT |
| New River Marine Inc | NRU |
| North American Fiberglass | XNA |
| North Carolina Homemade Boats | NCZ |
| North Sea Yacht Imports Inc | NYN |
| North View Custom Boat | NVE |
| North Wind America Ltd | NWQ |
| Old Church Woodcrafts | OCW |
| Old Port Boats | LDP |
| Onslow Bay Boats | ONS |
| Osprey Marine | OSM |
| Owen Boats | OBD |
| P & N Fiberglass Fabrications | PJC |
| Pamlico Boat And Fiberglass | TWH |
| Parker Marine Enterprs Inc | PXM |
| Patrick Fiberglass Inc | PFI |
| Patricks TrailerCamp Sales | PAO |
| Paul Norman's Boats | NPA |
| Pawnee Boats | PWJ |
| Pea Hill Enterprises Inc | PHQ |
| Pelican Boat Co | PEQ |
| Pembroke Yacht Sales | PQY |
| Pender Boat Co Inc | PDY |
| Performance Angler Powerboat | PFX |
| Phillips Boat Works | PBL |
| Port City Fiberglass & Plastic | DFI |
| Powell Lead Co | PWL |
| Precision Welding & Marine | KPW |
| Princess Marine | PCY |
| Privateer Boat Company | NWW |
| Privateer Mfg Co, Inc | PVT |
| Pro Canoe & Kayak | TRO |
| Pro Marine Inc | PMI |
| Pro-Kay | PKJ |
| Pungo Marine | OPK |
| Quality Boats (oob) | RCS |
| Quality Welding & Tank | EBS |
| Radcliffe Marine Sales & Service | RAZ |
| Recreational Fun Products | RFU |
| Regulator Marine Inc | DJI |
| Ricky Scarborough Boats | RAV |
| Riddick Boat Works | PYI |
| River Skiff Boats | RVQ |
| Riverside Boat Works | RPW |
| Robin Smith Boatworks | FJX |
| Rosecraft (Calvin Rose) | RCC |
| RPR Industries | RPN |
| S S Fiberglass | SEG |
| Sail Fin Of North Carolina | SZF |
| San Juan East Inc | XJN |
| Sandhill Fiberglass | SDO |
| Savage V Inc | ISV |
| Scarlett Marine | JXZ |
| Sea Jay Marine | SEW |
| Sea Note Custom Boats | SNV |
| Shepards Point Boat Co Inc | EFQ |
| Sleepy Creek Boat Works | RDV |
| Smith, R.L. Boat Shop | IAA |
| Sonnys Mobile Marine | EIE |
| Southeastern Glass Lam | SGO |
| Southern Pines Boatworks | XPN |
| Southern Skimmer Boat | ROD |
| Southern Skimmer Boat Co | GGG |
| Southern Strip Boats | LGA |
| Spencer Yachts Inc | GDG |
| Spivey Strip Boats | JOS |
| Sportsman Boatworks, Inc | WPZ |
| Sportsman Marine | UZA |
| SS Boats | KPH |
| Stan's Sports Center | KXS |
| Stokes Custom Boats Inc | VSK |
| Sunward Yacht Corp | SJW |
| Superior Fiberglass | RZE |
| Supply Boat Co Inc | RZZ |
| Surfrider Boats Inc | SFB |
| Swan Point Boats | WPX |
| Swanger, Darrell | SWA |
| T & T Ship Shapers | GJN |
| Tanzer Yachts, Inc | TNE |
| Tar Heel Skiffs Inc | TZH |
| Tarheel Boat Works | TRL |
| Taylor Made Boats | TVA |
| Taylor Manufacturing Inc | TMR |
| The Sailboat Center | TES |
| Tideline Design | FVK |
| Titan Watercraft Co | TIV |
| Trade Winds Yacht Service | TWI |
| Tripp Fishing Center | TFN |
| Tristan Yachts Inc | KOF |
| Triumph Boats | TRB |
| Tysons Fiberglass Repair | TFC |
| Universal Fiberglass | UFC |
| Utt Brothers | UTX |
| Victory Performance | VPM |
| Viper Boats Inc | RFK |
| Vogt Yachts Ltd | YRS |
| Voyageur Yacht Company | VYD |
| W L Caudle Boat Mfg | WLC |
| W.C.C. Group Inc | EPY |
| Waccamaw Boats | WCQ |
| Walter Lee Andrus, Sr | WAL |
| Wanchese Boat Building Inc | EKI |
| Warrior Boats | WBO |
| Wateride Fiberglass Products | WTP |
| Waters Body Shop | WBJ |
| Waterway Boats | WVH |
| Wetsig Yachts | WBZ |
| Whiskey Creek Inc | WHX |
| White Knight Yachts Inc | WKD |
| White Lightning Boats | EQJ |
| White Oak Boats | WOB |
| White Water Marine Inc | WZW |
| Wilderness Systems | WKY |
| Willis & Sons Boats | MWW |
| Willis Craft Corp | WCJ |
| Winchester Boats | WNC |
| Winchester Power Boats Inc | WGQ |
| Winged Sailcraft Int., Inc | RDC |
| Wise Custom Boats | WGZ |
| Wolfe Industries | WLF |
| Worldwide Fi-Ber-Glass | WFD |
| Worldwide Marine Group Inc | WWM |
| Wright Marine | WGT |
| Wrightsboro Septic Systems | WSU |
| X Boats | VAY |