HI Rob, Bill Bina answered your question but the answer ended up in a separate thread:
The M in the 4 character date code is a placeholder and has no meaning. The year indicated is not the model year. It is the year of certification. That basically means the date the build paperwork was generated. The date code does not indicate model year other than by coincidence, and it does not indicate the date completed. Bill Bina To add to that, before August 1, 1984 there were two different formats permitted for a Hull Identification Number (HIN). These two formats differ only in the last four (4) digits. Either you have 4 numerical values, the first two being month and the second two year OR the last 4 digits are letter, number, number, letter. If your HIN is the second allowed format the first digit of the last group of 4 digits is always an M (which doesn't mean anything), followed by 2 digits which are numbers showing the year the construction papers were started, followed by a letter which is the month of manufacture. ...so for HIN ZCC32053M80K ZCC = C&C Yachts 32 = 32' LOA 053 is the Serial number of your hull, so hull no. 53 of the C&C 32 M = nothing, just a place holder 80 = 1980, the year the construction of your hull was started K = June, the month the construction of your hull was started ...and for HIN ZCC32277M84D ZCC = C&C Yachts 32 = 32' LOA 277 is the Serial number of your hull, so hull no. 277 of the C&C 32 M = nothing, just a place holder 84 = 1984, the year the construction of your hull was started D = April, the month the construction of your hull was started (or at least the date the build paperwork was generated) If they had started construction of your boat after August 1984 your HIN would have followed the new (different) format. http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.htm Does that help? Ken H. SV Salazar - C&C 37 XL Cape Breton Island, NS On 1 November 2015 at 21:20, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Chuck: > > Character 9 refers to the month......and....character 10 the year the boat > was certified. > > In both of our HIN's, character 9 is 'M'........but I can't find any 'M' > in the "letters that correspond to the following months" > > So I ask again, what do the 'K' and 'D' stand for.....it says below > "The eleventh and twelfth characters refer to the model year". > > Any other C&C 32 owners with the 12th character a 'K'? > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2015-11-01 8:13 PM, Chuck S via CnC-List wrote: > > I think the K means the hull was molded in November. > > Found the HIN explained on the web: > > [image: Picture] <http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hin.htm> > The first 3 characters are what are referred to as the MIC or > Manufacturers Index Code. There are several sites on the internet that can > help you decode the MIC of your HIN. One such site is through the US > Coast Guards website <http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/mic1.aspx>. Another > option that might be a bit easier to use is Boat History Report > <http://www.boathistoryreport.com/main.cfm?f=partners&partnerid=59547>which > hosts a free HIN validator to verify you have the correct HIN to begin > with. > > The following 5 digits vary according the manufacturer but are meant to be > used as a serial number for that boat. It may contain specifics such as > the length or material of the boat or it may just be a sequential number. > Manufacturers are able to use any series of numbers and letters except O, I > and Q because they are easily mistaken. > > The last 4 characters of the HIN represent the certification year and > model of the watercraft. Character 9 refers to the month and character 10- > the year, the boat was certified. Certification means when the boat was > stated to be in compliance with all laws and regulations regarding safe > boat building. The letters correspond to the following months: A- January, > B- February, C- March, D- April, E- May, F- June, G- July, H- August, I- > September, J- October, K- November, L- December. The year > is dictated using the last number of the year- for example, March of 1982 > would be written as C2. The eleventh and twelfth characters refer to the > model year. In the example above, the boat was certified in March of 1993 > with a model year of 1993. > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"robert via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc: *"robert" <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> > *Sent: *Sunday, November 1, 2015 4:59:59 PM > *Subject: *Stus-List 1980 C&C 32 Innisfree - Wilmington, DE > > Bill: > > No, I don't know anything about this boat. But I am curious about the > "K" in the HIN. > > I thought there were four (4) C&C 32 models, A,B,C, and D.......mine is > HIN ZCC32277M84D.......have never heard of a "K". > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address:CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at:http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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