RED BEARD SAILING HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with RBM were assigned by the US Coast Guard to RED BEARD SAILING of KINGSVILLE, MD. 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
RBM
Location
KINGSVILLE, MD
In business
since 2016
Status
Listed active in USCG records
Parent company
RED BEARD SAILING, LLC
RED BEARD SAILING 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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RED BEARD SAILING HIN FAQ
What does a RED BEARD SAILING HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "RBM" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to RED BEARD SAILING — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. RED BEARD SAILING 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 RED BEARD SAILING still in business?
USCG records list RED BEARD SAILING of KINGSVILLE, MD in the MIC database (registered 2016), associated with RED BEARD SAILING, LLC.
How do I decode the year on a RED BEARD SAILING HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. RED BEARD SAILING 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, "RED BEARD SAILING HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/rbm, last verified 2026-06-12.