BEST CHOICE MARINE HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with YPH were assigned by the US Coast Guard to BEST CHOICE MARINE of BURNABY, 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
YPH
Location
BURNABY, BC
In business
since 2012
Status
Listed active in USCG records
BEST CHOICE MARINE hulls (2012–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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BEST CHOICE MARINE HIN FAQ
What does a BEST CHOICE MARINE HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "YPH" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to BEST CHOICE MARINE — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. BEST CHOICE MARINE hulls (2012–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is BEST CHOICE MARINE still in business?
USCG records list BEST CHOICE MARINE of BURNABY, BC in the MIC database (registered 2012).
How do I decode the year on a BEST CHOICE MARINE HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. BEST CHOICE MARINE hulls (2012–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, "BEST CHOICE MARINE HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/yph, last verified 2026-06-12.