JUDGE YACHTS INC. HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with VBE were assigned by the US Coast Guard to JUDGE YACHTS INC. of DENTON, 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
VBE
Location
DENTON, MD
In business
since 1998
Status
Listed active in USCG records
JUDGE YACHTS INC. hulls (1998–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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JUDGE YACHTS INC. HIN FAQ
What does a JUDGE YACHTS INC. HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "VBE" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to JUDGE YACHTS INC. — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. JUDGE YACHTS INC. hulls (1998–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is JUDGE YACHTS INC. still in business?
USCG records list JUDGE YACHTS INC. of DENTON, MD in the MIC database (registered 1998).
How do I decode the year on a JUDGE YACHTS INC. HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. JUDGE YACHTS INC. hulls (1998–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, "JUDGE YACHTS INC. HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/vbe, last verified 2026-06-12.