If your boat was made within the last 30 years then it should have a Hull ID Number (HIN) on the transom and somewhere inside the boat.
The first 3 characters of the HIN are known as the MIC and can be used to identify your manufacturer.
Take the MIC and enter it at this USCG site to find out more about a particular boat builder:
Company Name | Manufacturers Identification Code |
| A F I | AFH |
| Adkins Mfg Co | WMG |
| Adventure Craft Marine | ADV |
| Aero Marine Tech USA Ltd | EHM |
| Ambler Boat Works | AMZ |
| American Eagle Boat Co | AIQ |
| American Sail Inc | ANF |
| American Skiff Inc | AHF |
| Andrews Boat Shop | AJW |
| B & E Fiberglass | KNQ |
| B & G Watercraft Inc | RGY |
| Backwater Boats | BWK |
| Bandit Watercrafts | LLR |
| Baron Yachts Inc | BAB |
| Bassmate Boats Inc | BZZ |
| Bentz-Craft Boats Inc | BCO |
| Black Hawk Boats | HHK |
| Black Hawk Boats Of Sumpter | BHS |
| Boats By Bill | DPU |
| Boats Unlimited | BOO |
| Boss Boats Manufacturers | BSS |
| Branson Boat Co | BB3 |
| Britts Boats, Bait & Wood | BQB |
| Brown Company | BNI |
| Brown's Boats | BBX |
| Brown's Custom Fiberglass | BZV |
| Burn And Company | BAI |
| Buzz Boats Inc | BUX |
| Byrd Construction Co | YDD |
| C Graham Co | CQQ |
| C. Graham Co | TCG |
| Caiman Outdoors | OAD |
| Calypso Boats Works Inc | LUM |
| Calypso Company | YPS |
| Carolina Air Boats Inc | LCY |
| Carolina Crawdad | CWR |
| Carolina Creek Boats | EEZ |
| Carolina Dielectric | DIL |
| Carolina Fiberfab | CJF |
| Carolina Fiberglass Inc | KDO |
| Carolina Glass Laminate | KSE |
| Carolina Waterworks | CWM |
| CD's Custom Carports & Metal Bl | UCD |
| Cherokee Construction Co | CKD |
| Citation Boats Inc | FSJ |
| Clelland Power Boats | EEJ |
| Coastal Marine | KFB |
| Coates Manufacturing Co | CTA |
| Craig Boat Shells & Repair | KRJ |
| Custom Boats-N-More | CQS |
| Custom Craft Boats | CIB |
| Custom Fiberglass | CJU |
| Cutlass | CUT |
| Cypress Greenhouse Inc | GLY |
| Darrah Industries Inc | DWD |
| David Gasque Boats | GQB |
| Davis Mechanical Ctrs | AZY |
| Deaton's Fiberglass Shop | DFX |
| Delta Marine Technologies | DQE |
| Dora-Lee Mfg | DLM |
| Ebert Fullwood Boats | EBY |
| Edwards Inc | EWD |
| Ellis Marine Sales | ELN |
| Equus Marketing | XNG |
| Evers Marine | CEK |
| Fairline Boats Of North America | XER |
| Fast Craft Boats | FAP |
| Fibercraft | ORN |
| Fiberfab Inc | KFW |
| Fiberglass By Design | FXI |
| Fiberglass Fab & Repair | FFR |
| Fiberglass Prod Co Inc | BEC |
| Fiberglass Specialists Inc | XFN |
| Folbot Corp | FLB |
| Foster Marine Inc | FMX |
| Funderbuck Inc | FND |
| Funway Industries Inc | FUU |
| Galaxy Boat Mfg Co | GAL |
| Galloway Boat Shop | GLR |
| Gator Boats | GTE |
| Gemini Inflatables USA | RCA |
| Genes Body Shop | GBA |
| Glass Kote Unlimited | GLL |
| Glassmaster Boat Co Inc | GPC |
| Glastech Ind Inc | WIG |
| Global Motorboat Corporation | GME |
| Graves Boat Works | GVS |
| Greenville Fiberglass Co | GRK |
| Happy Craft | HCO |
| Harbor & Lake Corp | HNL |
| Harrington's Cricket Farm | HCP |
| Heirs OB Service | HEI |
| Hercules Boat Co | HJP |
| Heritage Boats Inc | KQV |
| Heritage Yachts Of Columbia | EEK |
| High Tide Boats Inc | HTZ |
| Highland Boatworks | GXA |
| Hilton Head Yachts Lts | HHR |
| Horizon Boats Inc | EHR |
| Horry Boats | HOR |
| Housand Boat Shop | HOS |
| Humphrey's | HPR |
| Huntington Industries Inc | HHX |
| Hydra-Sports Inc | HSX |
| Hydro Craf | HYU |
| Hydro Tech | HDZ |
| Ichthus Kayaks & Canoes | DTQ |
| Industrial & Recreational Fiberglass Industries | IRF |
| Infinity Power Boats | NPT |
| Investment Builders | INV |
| Island Marine Corp | IMR |
| Ivan Roberts Fiberglass Spec | IVN |
| J D Woodworking | JDW |
| J T M Marine Repair | JTO |
| Jacboat | JBZ |
| Jack Helms Co | JAH |
| Jacks Creek Corporation | JCC |
| Jackson Strip Boats | JSR |
| J-Craft | JCF |
| Joseph B Jones | JJO |
| Juniper Bay Mfg | JUB |
| Kelley's Boat Shop | KLX |
| Kens Boat & Motor Service | KES |
| Key Largo Boats Inc | KYX |
| Key West Boats Inc | KWE |
| Kiawah Boats Inc | KIA |
| Kiawak Boats, Inc | KBA |
| Kotchmann Marine Corp | KOT |
| L E Lundquist & Co | LEA |
| Leader Boat Co Inc | LDR |
| Leon Evans | LVN |
| Levco Marine | LVM |
| Libra Fiberglass Productions | LHF |
| Little Rock Auto Body | LDO |
| Livingston Oyster Co | LOY |
| Longshore's Woodworking | LST |
| Low Country Boats Of Charleston | LCF |
| Lowcountry Boat Inc | LCI |
| Lucky Jack Boats | LJB |
| Lumber Riverboat Co In | NIK |
| Lynches River Boat & Tackle | LRF |
| Macarthur Boatworks | MXE |
| Marathon Boat Co Inc | NBO |
| Marathon Cruisers Inc (oob) | UAJ |
| Marine Crafts Llc | XKN |
| Marine Products Inc | MPN |
| Marine South | PGQ |
| Maverick Sportboats | AIL |
| McCrackin Wood Prodcts | MWJ |
| McDaniel Boat Co Inc | MCD |
| McGee Craft | NGF |
| Michael's Speed & Custom | SAC |
| Mid-Atlantic Strip Boat | WSK |
| Mono-Sport Inc | MSG |
| Montego Boat Co | DZG |
| Moore Boatworks | MBO |
| Moore Builders (Lake Bt | MUJ |
| Morris Boat Shop | MOS |
| Moss Watercraft | MWA |
| Murray Boat Co | MUB |
| Murrell Marine Mfg | MQU |
| Narva Lee Williams | NLW |
| Noah's Boats | NOC |
| Nolas Trading Co | NTI |
| Normans Boat Shop | NBS |
| Northlake Perf Products Llc | NLP |
| Oasis Pleasure Boats Inc | OPB |
| Ocean Catamarans Inc | OCI |
| OMC Boat Group | OBG |
| Omniboat International | OMB |
| Orangeburg Fabricators | OBF |
| Outdoor Creations Inc | ODC |
| P & R Fabrication Inc | PXG |
| P.D.S.T. Boats | PDX |
| Palmetto Boat Co | PQT |
| Palmetto Boat Mfg Co Inc | PUT |
| Palmetto Boat Works Llc | EOQ |
| Panther Boat Co | CUA |
| Patriot Fiberglass Works | BIK |
| Pee Dee Boat Company | PDO |
| Pee Dee Boats | DEE |
| Penn Craft Llc | NVI |
| Perception Kayaks Inc | WEM |
| Perritts Boats | PXX |
| Perrywinkle (USA) Inc | PRW |
| Pintail Marine | PUN |
| Pleasurecraft Marine Engine | PCM |
| Pontoon Co Of America | PNN |
| Puddle Jumper Boat Co | PUD |
| Quest Racing Inc | JQR |
| R B Enterprises | RFH |
| Recredyne Inc | REC |
| Reeves & Hess | RVH |
| Reflex Fiberglass Works Inc | RFW |
| Renegade Company | UNI |
| Renken Boat Mfg Co. Inc | RBM |
| Res O Glass | RSG |
| River Cat Marine | EWL |
| River Side | RVU |
| River-Hawk | RHX |
| Rock Creek Mfg Inc | RKY |
| Rototech Designs Inc | RXI |
| San Glass Fiberglass Works | SGF |
| Sandy's Grocery | SZW |
| Santee Boat Co | ETN |
| Sawdust Boatworks | SWS |
| Scout Boats Inc | SLP |
| Sea Coast Enterprises Inc | SXG |
| Sea Fox Boat Company Inc | LYG |
| Sea Hunt Boat Mfg Co Inc | SXS |
| Sea Island Boats | SXD |
| Sea Island Boatworks Llc | IBL |
| Sea Island Dory | DLV |
| Sea Pearl Mfg & Sales Llc | FYE |
| Seaco Boats | KSY |
| Sea-Pro Boats Inc | PIO |
| Seay Craft Boatworks | SFC |
| Seven Seas Corp | SSC |
| Sg Manufacturing Inc | ISG |
| Shadow Fiberglass Products | SHP |
| Sierra Fiberglass Inc | FIP |
| Smoak Mfg Co Inc | SZV |
| Sneaks Unlimited Inc | AAV |
| Solo Watersports Inc | OLO |
| South Carolina Homemade Boats | SCZ |
| Stan Dixon Fiberglass | DFK |
| Star Inflatables | XEQ |
| Stinger Boats Of Charleston Inc | CFC |
| Stingray Boat Company | PNY |
| Sumter Marine Supply Mfg | SUQ |
| Sun Star Inflatables | XRE |
| Sunbird / Chris Craft | CCA |
| Sunbird Boat Co Inc | SB2 |
| Sunbird Boat Co Inc | SFP |
| Sunray Inc | RNW |
| Surfe-Rider Boat Mfg(oob) | DQR |
| Taylor Manufacturing | TVD |
| Taylor's Strip Boats | TKU |
| The Boat Shop | TDZ |
| The Bug Boat Co | TBU |
| The Metal Works Inc | TMW |
| The Outboard Shop | TXS |
| Tindals Boat Shop | HBN |
| Tinker Craft Inc | TCK |
| Tomka Industries Inc | TKM |
| Towsend's Boat Builder | TOW |
| Triad | MGZ |
| Trudy's Drapery Shop, Neck Craft Co. | TDU |
| Ufo Boats | UFO |
| Ultress Boats Inc | ULZ |
| USA Inflatables Inc | USI |
| Venture Ride Mfg Inc | VRM |
| Volunteer Corp | VLT |
| Voyager Boat Company | SXX |
| W R Coates Co | WRD |
| Waccamaw Boats | WAW |
| Wall Marine Inc | TVR |
| Warrior Boat Mfg Co | SNL |
| Waterbug Boats Inc | WTV |
| Watercrafts-N-Wood | WQW |
| West Boat Mfrs | WEJ |
| White Marlin Marine Inc | WMV |
| Wild Wood Marine | WWU |
| Willards Boat Works | WBD |
| Willard's Custom Repair Ctr | WCC |