COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with CNU were assigned by the US Coast Guard to COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING of BOSTON, MA. 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
CNU
Location
BOSTON, MA
In business
since 2014
Status
Listed active in USCG records
Parent company
THIRD SECTOR OF NEW ENGLAND I
COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING hulls (2014–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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COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING HIN FAQ
What does a COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "CNU" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING hulls (2014–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING still in business?
USCG records list COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING of BOSTON, MA in the MIC database (registered 2014), associated with THIRD SECTOR OF NEW ENGLAND I.
How do I decode the year on a COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING hulls (2014–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, "COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/cnu, last verified 2026-06-12.