BONITA BOATS INC HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with BBN were assigned by the US Coast Guard to BONITA BOATS INC of MELBOURNE, FL. 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
BBN
Location
MELBOURNE, FL
In business
since 2018
Status
Listed active in USCG records
BONITA BOATS INC hulls (2018–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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BONITA BOATS INC HIN FAQ
What does a BONITA BOATS INC HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "BBN" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to BONITA BOATS INC — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. BONITA BOATS INC hulls (2018–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is BONITA BOATS INC still in business?
USCG records list BONITA BOATS INC of MELBOURNE, FL in the MIC database (registered 2018).
How do I decode the year on a BONITA BOATS INC HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. BONITA BOATS INC hulls (2018–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, "BONITA BOATS INC HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/bbn, last verified 2026-06-12.