YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with QYD were assigned by the US Coast Guard to YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED of SPRINGDALE, NL. 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
QYD
Location
SPRINGDALE, NL
In business
since 2002
Status
Listed active in USCG records
YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED hulls (2002–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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YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED HIN FAQ
What does a YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "QYD" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED hulls (2002–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED still in business?
USCG records list YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED of SPRINGDALE, NL in the MIC database (registered 2002).
How do I decode the year on a YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED hulls (2002–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, "YATES BOATUILDING LIMITED HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/qyd, last verified 2026-06-12.