AENEAS ORIGINALS HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with BWL were assigned by the US Coast Guard to AENEAS ORIGINALS of KALISPELL, MT. 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
BWL
Location
KALISPELL, MT
In business
since 2006
Status
Listed active in USCG records
AENEAS ORIGINALS hulls (2006–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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AENEAS ORIGINALS HIN FAQ
What does a AENEAS ORIGINALS HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "BWL" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to AENEAS ORIGINALS — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. AENEAS ORIGINALS hulls (2006–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is AENEAS ORIGINALS still in business?
USCG records list AENEAS ORIGINALS of KALISPELL, MT in the MIC database (registered 2006).
How do I decode the year on a AENEAS ORIGINALS HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. AENEAS ORIGINALS hulls (2006–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, "AENEAS ORIGINALS HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/bwl, last verified 2026-06-12.