PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with YJL were assigned by the US Coast Guard to PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE of COWICHAN CAY, 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
YJL
Location
COWICHAN CAY, BC
In business
since 2007
Status
Listed active in USCG records
PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE hulls (2007–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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PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE HIN FAQ
What does a PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "YJL" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE hulls (2007–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE still in business?
USCG records list PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE of COWICHAN CAY, BC in the MIC database (registered 2007).
How do I decode the year on a PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE hulls (2007–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, "PERFORMANCE BOAT MANUFACTURE HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/yjl, last verified 2026-06-12.