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