KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with YEV were assigned by the US Coast Guard to KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO of CRANBROOKE, BC. 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
YEV
Location
CRANBROOKE, BC
In business
since 2005
Status
Listed active in USCG records
KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO 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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KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO HIN FAQ
What does a KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "YEV" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO 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 KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO still in business?
USCG records list KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO of CRANBROOKE, BC in the MIC database (registered 2005).
How do I decode the year on a KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO 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, "KOOTENANY FISHING BOAT CO HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/yev, last verified 2026-06-12.