FORTUNE COVE MARINE HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with YXY were assigned by the US Coast Guard to FORTUNE COVE MARINE of DARTMOUTH, NS. 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
YXY
Location
DARTMOUTH, NS
In business
since 2018
Status
Listed active in USCG records
FORTUNE COVE MARINE hulls (2018–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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FORTUNE COVE MARINE HIN FAQ
What does a FORTUNE COVE MARINE HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "YXY" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to FORTUNE COVE MARINE — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. FORTUNE COVE MARINE hulls (2018–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is FORTUNE COVE MARINE still in business?
USCG records list FORTUNE COVE MARINE of DARTMOUTH, NS in the MIC database (registered 2018).
How do I decode the year on a FORTUNE COVE MARINE HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. FORTUNE COVE MARINE hulls (2018–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, "FORTUNE COVE MARINE HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/yxy, last verified 2026-06-12.