NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with YVW were assigned by the US Coast Guard to NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER of NORTH VANCOUVER, 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
YVW
Location
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC
In business
since 2016
Status
Listed active in USCG records
NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER hulls (2016–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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NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER HIN FAQ
What does a NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "YVW" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER hulls (2016–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER still in business?
USCG records list NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER of NORTH VANCOUVER, BC in the MIC database (registered 2016).
How do I decode the year on a NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER hulls (2016–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, "NORTH AMERICAN YACHT CENTER HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/yvw, last verified 2026-06-12.