NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with AST were assigned by the US Coast Guard to NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL of AUBURN, CA. The builder is listed in the USCG MIC database. Enter the full 12-character HIN below for build date, model year, and serial — free, no account.
MIC
AST
Location
AUBURN, CA
In business
since 2016
Status
Listed active in USCG records
NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL hulls (2016–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Free · no account · the HIN is on the transom, upper starboard (right) corner
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NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL HIN FAQ
What does a NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "AST" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL hulls (2016–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL still in business?
USCG records list NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL of AUBURN, CA in the MIC database (registered 2016).
How do I decode the year on a NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL hulls (2016–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits. Enter the full 12-character HIN above and the decoder works it out, including the legacy formats.
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Sources: USCG Manufacturer Identification Code database (uscgboating.org, refreshed monthly) · HIN format per 33 CFR 181 subpart C. Cite this page: CarWhere, "NEOPRENE DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/ast, last verified 2026-06-12.