Inflatable Boat Identification
A question came in today asking how old is my Inflatable boat and
can I get detailed specifications for it. He wisely provided the
Serial number which is the key.
The serial number (of any boat) is made up of groups of Letters
and numbers, as follows;
XXXaaaaaZnnn or very old configuration XXXaaaaanZnn
The XXX is the Code given to the Boat Manufactures by the Coast
Guard to Identify the vessel (example ACH is Achilles, XMO is AB
Inflatables)..
The aaaaa is the Manufactures model and unit designator, where
some times you can figure the model and sometimes you can't.
The Znnn or nnZn holds the year, where with the Znnn the
last 2 digits are the year, with the nnZn the 1st 2 digits are the
year (at this point this would be a very old boat).