COTTAGE BUOY BOATS HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with YEG were assigned by the US Coast Guard to COTTAGE BUOY BOATS of NEWMARKET, ON. 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
YEG
Location
NEWMARKET, ON
In business
since 2005
Status
Listed active in USCG records
COTTAGE BUOY BOATS hulls (2005–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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COTTAGE BUOY BOATS HIN FAQ
What does a COTTAGE BUOY BOATS HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "YEG" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to COTTAGE BUOY BOATS — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. COTTAGE BUOY BOATS hulls (2005–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is COTTAGE BUOY BOATS still in business?
USCG records list COTTAGE BUOY BOATS of NEWMARKET, ON in the MIC database (registered 2005).
How do I decode the year on a COTTAGE BUOY BOATS HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. COTTAGE BUOY BOATS hulls (2005–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, "COTTAGE BUOY BOATS HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/yeg, last verified 2026-06-12.