[quote=DamonLinkous][quote=shipchips1]Ok next issue on HIN, I am only coming up with 10 digits, I thought HINs had 12.
What I am coming up with is - MH####M810 so is this even close? Or will it even matter?
Thanks[/quote]
I owned a 1981 Hobie 18 and thought I had a picture of it's HIN but can't find it. Here is how those numbers are created and decoded, yes they are always 12 digits. On Hobies, sometimes the last letter is lighter and harder to see than the rest for some reason. Also, back in the day, sometimes you will see a code -A1 added at the end of the HIN meaning "Second Quality", which I guess meant something was imperfect with the hulls.
Example for a 1981 model Hobie 18.
CCMP8281M81G
CCM = Hobie Cat Company
P = Hobie 18 (Letter would change for each 9,999 they sold)
8281 = Sequence number
M = Model Year
81 = Model Year Date
G = month (and year) of manufacture. (G is February of 1981)
To interpret the G at the end note that "A" would be August of 1980 for a model year 1981 boat.
A = AUG
B = SEP
C = OCT
D = NOV
E = DEC
F = JAN
G = FEB
H = MAR
I = APR
J = MAY
K = JUN
L = JUL
Boats built after 1984 used the modern numbering system to designate model and manufacture years so the last four digits for a 1987 boat built in November of 1986 would be
K687
K = November (they changed the code so A now means January and L means December
6 = 1986 manufacture year (reads backwards from next to last number)
87 = Model year
References
From BoatSafe.com
[url]http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.htm[/url]
From Hobie Cat forum sticky
[url]http://www.hobiecat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1155[/url][/quote]
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